About Bata Shoe Museum
The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto houses one of the world's most important collections on the history of footwear. The building, which opened in 1995 on Bloor Street West, was designed in the deconstructivist style and is meant to evoke a stylized shoebox. Across two floors, you can explore rotating special exhibitions as well as the permanent collection of more than 12,500 artifacts spanning over 4,500 years of cultural history. The holdings range from historic moccasins and knights' boots to famous designer pieces and everyday objects such as specialized shoes for fishermen or rice farmers. Lecture halls, a museum shop, and academic publications round out the offerings and make the museum an international center for the study of footwear.
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- Museum › Museums (general)
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- Address
- 327 Bloor St W
M5S 1W7 Toronto, Canada - District
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- Phone
- +14169797799
- Website
- www.batashoemuseum.ca
- info@batashoemuseum.ca
- Coordinates
- 43.66734° N · -79.40022° E
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One of Toronto's more unusual attractions, this offbeat museum is devoted to shoes and footwear. Exhibits include Napoleon Bonaparte's socks and footwear from cultures all over the world. Also interesting is the building's unique deconstructivist architecture, meant to resemble an opening shoe box.
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