Bata Shoe Museum
327 Bloor Street West
(At the southwest corner of Bloor Street and St. George Street)
(416) 979-7799
Monday to Saturday: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday: 10:00am – 8:00pm
Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00pm
* The Museum is closed on December 25th and Good Friday
Adults: $12.00
Seniors: $10.00
Students (with ID): $6.00
Children (5-17): $4.00
Children under 5 free
Members of the Bata Shoe Museum: Free
Admission is FREE every Thursday evening between 5:00 - 8:00pm
http://www.batashoemuseum.ca
There's more to footwear than you would ever imagine and Toronto is home to the incredible Bata Shoe Museum. With over 10,000 shoes housed throughout the museum with a history dating back 4,5000 years it is truly North America's most unique shoe museum which allows visitors to browse through four-stories of style, function and fun.
The Bata Shoe Museum is a centre of knowledge about the role of footwear in the social and cultural life of humanity. It is also an award-winning building housing a wide-ranging collection of footwear from all walks of life.
Four exhibitions are on view at any one time, of which three are temporary and focus on specific aspects of human culture. There is usually one exhibition with a Native North American or circumpolar theme, another which features an aspect of the history of Western fashion, and a third which appeals especially to young people. The fourth exhibition, All About Shoes, is semi-permanent. Footwear spanning thousands of years of history and a collection of 20th century celebrity shoes are on display. With artifacts ranging from delicately embroidered silk slippers to ancient Egyptian sandals to chestnut-crushing clogs to moon boots, everyone from grandchild to grandparent is sure to find a favourite shoe.
Allow approximately 1.5 hours to visit.
