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NOW OPEN!: The Bata Shoe Museum is excited to announce the opening of our newest exhibition BOUND FOR GLORY : Cutting Edge Winter Sports Footwear
BOUND FOR GLORY
Cutting Edge Winter Sports Footwear
March 4, 2009 - March 21, 2010
Focusing on the evolution of winter sports footwear since the Winter Games were first inaugurated in 1924, 'Bound for Glory' celebrates important milestones in the history of winter sports. Whether on ice, on snow or on track, frigid temperatures and challenging conditions continue to test the skills of winter sports athletes. Medals are won in split second finishes and dreams of glory can be helped or hindered by the specialized footwear these athletes wear and the technological advancements they represent.
Visit 'Bound for Glory' and see footwear worn by some of the world's greatest winter athletes, experience their personal stories of triumph and "race" to the finish line in our interactive area
WHAT'S ON NOW: ALL ABOUT SHOES
Footwear Through the Ages
Semi-Permanent
The Museum's flagship exhibition, All About Shoes, is a voyage through 4500 years of footwear: its evolution, uses over time, methods and materials of manufacture, and its place in our lives and imaginations. Admire ancient funerary sandals, Chinese silk shoes, haute couture pumps and a display of celebrity shoes found in the "Star Turns" mini-theatre.
: BEAUTY, IDENTITY, PRIDE
Native North American Footwear
Closing Date TBA
Created by Indigenous peoples from diverse regions of North America, ninety pairs of shoes, boots and moccasins will showcase exquisite craftsmanship, regional patterns, and beautiful decoration. The exhibition features rarely seen artifacts chosen entirely from the Bata Shoe Museum's foremost and comprehensive collection of Native footwear.
: CHRONICLES OF RICHES
Treasures from the Bata Shoe Museum
October 25, 2009
In museums around the world, treasured objects are collected, cared for and preserved, but the artifact storage areas are never seen by the public. This exhibition takes a new approach: by transforming the gallery into a representation of the Museum's storage vaults, Chronicles of Riches brings visitors 'behind the scenes' for a rare view of the multitude of exceptional artifacts held in the collection. From Napoleon's black silk socks worn while he lingered in exile on St. Helena to shoes of bear fur and silk worn by an ancient Japanese samurai, each of the artifacts in Chronicles of Riches has been hand-selected for the history it reveals and the tale it tells.
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- Bata Shoe Museum's Warm the So...
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Friday, November 13 at 10:00am - Gallery Opening: On a Pedesta...
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Thursday, November 19 at 10:00am
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Opening night coverage from the Globe and Mail.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/on-a
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdLL1wBuL
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New Podcast! Check out the first in our series of special podcasts by Senior Curator Elizabeth Semmelhack featuring highlights from our new exhibit On a Pedestal.
http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/podcasts/in
Bata Shoe Museum Open today! On a Pedestal: From Renaissance Chopines to Baroque Heels. Only on exhibit until September 20th, 2010, many of these pieces will never be publically displayed again! A one-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
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Wednesday, November 18th, the Bata Shoe Museum welcome our friends, members, exhibition sponsors and many more to the Museum to help us celebrate the opening of On a Pedestal.
The evening was hosted by celebrity chef, David Rocco, and the Museum was honoured to welcome the The Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of Cult...ure and Minister Responsible for Seniors and Drew Fagan, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Tourism, Acting Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Culture and Deputy Minister Responsible for Seniors.
Mrs. Sonja Bata and Senior Curator Elizabeth Semmelhack were on hand to welcome visitors and introduce the exhibit on a night filled with Renaissance themed entertainment!
Bata Shoe Museum is happy to give our Facebook fans a sneak peek at a few artefacts from our new exhibit "On a Pedestal: From Renaissance Chopines to Baroque Heels", which doesn't open to the public until tomorrow!
Bata Shoe Museum Be one of the first to get a sneak peek at a few of the artefacts from our new exhibit, opening tomorrow, November 19th!
Bata Shoe Museum Only 2 more days until the opening of our new gallery "On a Pedestal: From Renaissnace Chopines to Baroque Heels". This is a once in a lifetime exhibit of remarkable 15th and 16th footwear and will only be on display for a limited time! Exhibit begins November 19th.
Bata Shoe Museum would like to thank everyone who showed up this weekend for making Craftique and the first weekend of the Warm the Sole Sock Drive such a success! Remember, still free admission with a donation Saturdays and Sundays for the rest of the month of November!
Bata Shoe Museum The Bata Shoe Museum hopes that all our friends, members and fans will come visit us during the Warm the Sole sock drive starting on Friday! We're kicking off the drive and celebrating World Kindness Day with a special day of free admission with a donation on Friday, November 13th! Help us give the gift of warmth to our community!
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Fashion Afoot - 1980's - Blue Low-Heeled Pump
As increasing numbers of women entered the workforce in the 1980's, many women replaced their high heels and platforms with more modest, low-heeled pumps for daywear, reserving their high heels for after hours.
This move toward lower heels did not mean a loss of style howeve...r, since many shoe designers offered shoes in bright colours that reflected the aesthetic impact of the post modernism in fashionable footwear design.
Blue shoe with green ball at the throat and green heel, made by Yves Saint Laurent.
French, 1985-88
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On a Pedestal: From Renaissance Chopines to Baroque Heels
November 19th, 2009 to September 20th, 2009
The Bata Shoe Museum is pleased to announce a once-in-a-lifetime experience for visitors this fall. Bringing together an international collection of exceptionally rare examples of fashionable shoes from 1500 - 1660, the ...much anticipated exhibition On a Pedestal will focus on two of the most extreme forms of footwear ever worn in Western dress, the chopine and the high heel.
Marking the first time that such an extensive collection of shoes from the Renaissance and early Baroque periods will be brought together under one roof, prestigious lenders from all over Europe have contributed rare artefacts to this exhibit which will examine the origins and cultural meanings of both the chopine and high heel, as well as investigating issues of art and architecture, exoticism and trade, and politics and gender.
Bata Shoe Museum is very excited about our upcoming exhibition " On a Pedestal: From Renaissance Chopines to Baroque Heels", a once-in-lifetime chance to see some of the rarest examples of the most extreme type of footwear ever worn in Western dress, the chopine, and it's eventual replacement, the high heel.
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Fashion Afoot 7 - 1970's - Metallic Platform
Many people in the 70's continued to explore the new opportunities opened up by the 1960's counterculture. The challenges to proscribed models of gendered behaviour ushered in new fashion extremes. For the first time since the aristocratic age in the 18th century, men once ...again wore elevating shoes while outrageous high heels and platforms by women n the discos.
new York socialite Muriel Newman wore these evening shoes in the middles of the 70's, Their glitzy metal finish,high heels and platformed soles certainly would have made her a standout.
American, 1974-78
