Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum Store

The Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum Store is filled to the brim with unique gifts and souvenirs. The Museum store in the Tinker Barn & Visitor Center is open Tuesday-Friday and Sunday between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., or by appointment. For more information, call (815) 964-2424.

Local history items

  • Tinker Swiss Cottage postcards, souvenir guidebooks, ornaments, mugs and notecards
  • Books on Rockford history
  • Cozy 100% cotton coverlets depicting Rockford landmarks
  • Reproduction maps of 1891 Rockford

Gifts

  • Embroidered hankies, delicate doilies, and other fine linens.
  • Porcelain nightlights carved with intricate designs
  • Candleholders, Tea Items, and Napkins
  • Vintage and Teapot Jewelry
  • Christmas ornaments
  • Elegant Stationery, address books, feather pens and "Victorian" Mousepads

Old Fashioned Wooden Toys and Games

  • Make Your Own Sock Monkey Kits
  • Jacob's ladders
  • Ball & Jacks
  • Yo-yos
  • Jump ropes
  • Coloring books
  • GundTM Farm Animals, Snakes, Ducks, and Teddy Bears
  • Insect, frog, and turtle magnets