If you enjoy puzzles, know someone that likes puzzles, like Disney art or just want to sit down and…read moreescape the Solvang crowd then this place is for you. We were walking by and saw people sitting down on tables by the windows doing puzzles. So we decided to step in. I don't remember the name of the shop sales clerk but he was very chatty, friendly and entertaining at the same time. I couldn't believe how many puzzles were in the shop. They also sell paintings and puzzle boards to keep your puzzles intact. Just take a peek. It's a nice gallery.

Last month, I encountered this gallery while walking in town. I saw the name and it reminded me of…read morepuzzles. Went in and the lady was very welcoming. She mentioned that it's the first gallery of its kind here in CA. Walked around and it was neat to see what Dowdle has to offer. Told her that I'll come back and bring my husband. Later in the afternoon. I brought my hubby and we ended up buying one of the San Diego puzzles. Thank you for a fun experience! We're working on that puzzle now (July 2022).

If you don't stop by this wonderful gallery while in Solvang, you're missing out!…read more The artist is friendly and approachable, he was so accommodating when helping us decide on a piece and looking at different sized canvases. We first encountered his gallery about a decade ago, when we bought our first small print, what we could afford at the time. A year later, we got another piece. We hadn't been to Solvang in some time, but went this past year and bought our first big canvas print from him. He gave us a small discount on a small print our kiddo became enamored with as we were looking around. For the quality of art and prints, this gallery is wonderful. The pieces are interesting and the complete our home.

Beautiful art gallery, lots of things to see, it's worth a stop! The staff was friendly, patient &…read morehelpful. I ended up buying a pair of one of a kind handmade earrings.

A memorable experience seeing a danish home and see how Solvang was built. The family that lived…read morethere had a lot of traditional exterior and interior and items which was cool to experience for a low price of $5/person. The employee was super awesome explaining the history of the home. In the outside shed, it contained the solvang in the early days of 1920s or 1940s. Look for the little danish rubber ducky throughout the rooms. I really enjoyed the historical items in the home and architecture style

Great little museum with so much history! The Elverhøj Museum & Art Gallery offers a fascinating…read morelook into Danish immigrant history. Walking through the rooms and seeing how people lived back then was incredibly interesting and well done. We also played the Hidden Gems Garden & Patio game, which made the visit even more fun we found all the gems and even got a prize! Such a nice interactive touch, especially if you're visiting with family. Admission is only $5 per person, parking is free, and the experience is totally worth it. We learned a lot and truly enjoyed our time here. Highly recommend if you love history, culture, and charming local museums. Great customer service.

The troll, we found this museum as we were exploring Solvang when we saw the gigantic wooden troll…read morewas pretty cool. I had to look it up on IG to find the others. There's a few to enter. They have several art paints, loved the bright colors. There's a se one floor where the hold workshops like origami and coloring. Great for adults a d kids. On the first floor there's a small art shop. The best part of my visit was the troll. I loved learning about the many there are.

It was all so Lulu! Positively!…read more We came here specifically to meet Lulu Hyggelig Troll. She came to live here in Feb. 2025. Lulu loved the Danish Pastries so much she grew and grew. She lived in the tower and one day she couldn't fit through the tower door, so she was trapped inside here had to stay at the California Nature Art Museum. She's the first Dambo Troll to reside in CA permanently. Lulu is indeed living in the tower, the Michele Kuelbs Tower Gallery. In other pictures, there used to be a square pastry on the floor but it was gone when we visited on Jan. 17, 2026. Maybe Lulu was tempted for too long and finally ate it! The tower has huge windows and you can see Lulu from the outside. Since she's the only indoor troll in the world, you might as well go inside and pay the fee to join her up close! She's quirky! Lulu has an eyebrow ring and a super duper long tongue! Thomas Dambo singing his Lulu Hyggelig poem: https://www.facebook.com/reel/963616988684037 This is our third Dambo Troll we've seen. We went to see Isak Heartstone 2 in Breckenridge, CO and Rita the Rock Planter in Victor, CO. in 2025. This troll was created by Thomas Dambo, a Danish sculpture artist. There are over one hundred Dambo trolls in the U.S.A. and many more around the world. Lulu Hyggelig is Troll numbered 154. About this museum: The entrance fee was $7. I think they raised the price because they know that Lulu Hyggelig is quite the attraction. The museum is very small even though it is spread out on 3 floors. There wasn't a whole lot to see and part of the gallery was closed off. I think 45 minutes is ample time to see everything at a leisurely pace. The mosaic animal pictures were beautiful ... my favorites were the Otter, Wildlife (Carrizo Plain), & the Red-Eared Sliders. There's a huge Vulture filled with trash ... raising the awareness of how trash impacts wildlife. FIVE Stars for Lulu Hyggelig, the Thomas Dambo Troll and 3.5 for the art displays in the museum. Maybe if there wasn't a sectioned off portion of the museum, it would have offered more to view. *If you live in the Los Angeles, CA area or are planning to visit, there will be a temporary exhibit of 12 Thomas Dambo's Trolls at the South Coast Botanic Garden in March 2026. Buy your tickets!

This is a great, albeit expensive, place to get some imported Danish products you won't find…read moreelsewhere. Just know that this place is often very full of inventory and crowds so it can get tough to walk around & shop. It won't be a casual shopping experience. Especially on weekends and summers. I came here mainly because I heard it was a great place to get old Lego minifigure bags. However, I was not expecting some of the older ones to go for up to $30 a bag! That's highway robbery. You can find opened ones online for a fraction of that price and when you do that, there's no need to guess if you are getting the one you want (or be surprised at all by what you're paying for). If you're looking for bags to keep sealed, this is a great option for you, but for someone like me who was just looking to get one or two to complete a series, this just wasn't priced right enough for me to pull the trigger. I did, however, purchase a single mini figure that's exclusive to a Danish store chain. Was it overpriced? Yeah. But not too high that I didn't feel like treating myself. Staff is very friendly and I saw them happily helping customers all throughout the shop. Customer service is great here. So rest assured if you have questions about inventory or if you want to try on something, there will be someone here to help you out quickly.

A must stop shop when visiting Solvang! If you're looking for Pandora style jewelry and charms,…read morethis is the place to go. They carry a really cute Solvang charm, which makes a perfect souvenir or gift to remember your trip.

Beautiful store, one of a kind timepieces, and a lot of unique art that represents important…read morehistorical eras. My favorites were the marble clocks and their matching sets. It was epic to witness. I've only ever seen items like this at the Getty. This is definitely a place you have to check out and plan to purchase from. I believe the pricing is fair because these are antiques that are made from scratch-- I mean everything is hand crafted. When you see something this nice, you would never want anyone to have a duplicate of it. It's so classy and the staff were incredibly kind. I believe this place is family-run, and it shows in how thoughtfully it's maintained. It felt inclusive and welcoming. Appointments are highly recommended, and this is not a space for children. I noticed they allow calm, well-behaved pets on leash or harness for private parties, which I appreciated. I first visited at 7 AM when they were closed just to admire the exterior, then came back around 12:30 PM to take it all in with better light. I fell in love with so many pieces and will absolutely be back once I have a home closer up north. This store is timeless beauty preserved and presented at its finest.

This locations has some amazing pieces. The staff are attentive and it is always a treat to visit!…read moreI was able to schedule an appointment to come in and browse by calling the store. They have a variety of items from clocks to watches and art. Their prices are high but the pieces are beautiful!

Is this place even open?! Went looking for this place and kept going in circles. Maps shows it's…read moreopen. Tried calling and phone is disconnected too

The rude ass old white lady working here followed us as soon as we got into the Disney gallery and…read morewhen we were the only ones in the store at the time. We could literally hear her hurried foot steps coming towards us as soon as the other customers walked out (who were white). She also wasn't following them around the store. We did feel that this was discriminatory behavior and another similar yelp review proves it. It wasn't surprising to us since this had happened to us multiple times throughout the day in various shops around the area. Racism and discrimination seem to be a common theme in Solvang which is insane that there's still people like this. Must be the oldies with the same mindset that haven't died out yet. Oh and if the lady working here is so concerned with photography inside the gallery, you must not be doing your job correctly since pictures still ended up here on yelp meaning there were photos taken inside the gallery. Next time you want to tell a patron the rules of the store make sure customers of other races are being told the same, and be polite about it. Also there's a difference between taking photos and taking a video of me and my family reacting to the art. Not everyone steals someone else's artwork just because they recorded inside the gallery. Even if we were to purchase something, your condescending tone and you following us the way you did into the Disney gallery made us walk right out. And given what I've heard about Thomas Kinkade recently, I have no interest in purchasing his work. If you do choose to visit here - do NOT have your phone out for any reason unless you want to be stalked and scolded like a child by the raggedy old lady working here.

Gallery Los Olivos is centrally located in the community in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara…read moreCounty. The gallery offers artworks from local artists from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo. Each artist offers patrons a unique artistic experience, from oils & acrylics, to jewelry, woodworking & metalworking. While visiting the many wine tasting rooms and wineries surrounding this gallery's location, a visit to Gallery Los Olivos is worthwhile.

Really nice little gallery featuring mostly local artists. I like how each of the artists' work is…read moregrouped together, and they have pamphlets with the artist's info for the taking. Unfortunately, the people who were working the gallery when we visited were more interested in speaking to each other and didn't even say hello to us. I suppose it would have been nice to have been greeted and perhaps been told some of the things that I learned instead from Yelpers about this gallery........ like the fact that the artists themselves work the gallery. Whatever. My husband and I enjoyed viewing the artwork by ourselves.

This place is magical, the wife and I have returned back to collect the beautiful creations from…read moreGerlach. First visit was three years ago and we will definitely make this an annual visit.

The photographer is the person inside the gallery. He is very friendly and explained to us all of…read morethe photos that were interesting to us. The gallery is filled with beautiful scenes of local scenery. My wife was drawn to his photos of pelicans, her favorite bird. She is a mosaic artist and done several works featuring pelicans. She found the perfect photo, printed on wood (which is an unusual process), that featured many pelicans on a sand bar. We placed it in a perfect place on hallway wall in our house, right under one of her pelican mosaics. We enjoy looking at it every time we pass it. This gallery is right next to Paula's Pancake House, which always has a long wait for a table for brunch. So, while waiting to be seated at the restaurant do take a look inside the gallery. That's how we came to find ourselves in the gallery and finding the perfect photo. We didn't think that when we entered, the perfect photo awaited us inside. Changes are that you will find the perfect photo that calls out to you to take home.