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Bata Shoe Museum

theyoungcleopatra: 6 weeks till The Great Gatsby is in theaters. (1920s shoes at the BATA Shoe Museum to set the mood.) 
Roger Vivier Shoe of the Day ➜

We’re sadly counting down the days until April 7th when we have to say goodbye to our exhibition Roger Vivier: Process to Perfection.  Between now and then we will be looking back at some of the highlights of the exhibition, ending with a week of the staff’s favourite artifacts!

A great look at the Shoe Design Project 2, held at the Bata Shoe Museum on Saturday, March 16th, 2013 by our community partner for our upcoming sneaker exhibition, Toronto Loves Kicks.

The amazing dancers from UNITY Charity kicked off this year’s March Break with dance lessons and a performance!
A Step into the Bata Shoe Museum - Blog Post ➜

One of our curious correspondents asked recently for some information about footwear made from non-traditional materials and it prompted me to go take a look in our storage rooms for some really intriguing examples – and since our collection has over 13,000 pairs of shoes, it was not tough at all to find these very interesting pieces!

The latest and final rotation of artifacts are now on display in our exhibition “Roger Vivier: Process to Perfection”.  I think these are one of our favourites… And how fitting to celebrate Christian Dior’s birthday today - January 21st, 1905.
New exhibition, opening January 18th!  The seeds of the Bata Shoe Museum were sown in the field when Mrs. Sonja Bata began to travel the world with her husband on business. At each distant destination she found herself marvelling at how different traditional footwear was around the world and she began to collect examples. Her early collecting became the foundation of the Museum that would grow to include over 13,000 artefacts. Join us beginning January 18th as our newest exhibition opens to the public. Highlighting the history of shoemaking traditions, many of which are slowly disappearing, the exhibition will feature field trips that have brought a wealth of in-depth information to the Museum. Visitors can learn from the voices of the makers, see the images of their processes and amaze in the diversity of traditional footwear reflecting a variety of world cultures.
A selection of items from our recent lecture and hands on demo “Looking Pretty: Fashion in the 50s”.  So what’s your favourite 1950s item?!