From The Creative Director & Senior Curator
A new anniversary message from Elizabeth Semmelhack.
The World at Your Feet: The Bata Shoe Museum
We’re celebrating the collection with the launch of our new book.
Bringing You #BSMFromHome
Check out all the new content we're launching this month!
BSM Fun Facts
Get to know us one fun fact at a time!
Unboxing The BSM
Check out our new YouTube Series - we're pretty excited about it!
The New BSM Book Club
Join our virtual Book Club on Facebook - new book and new discussion each month!
Standing TALL: The Curious History of Men in Heels
On Google Arts & Culture now!
Step Into the BSM
We've refreshed our blog with new articles, interviews and more! Tell us what you think!
Get Creative!
Fun crafts and activities for the whole family to enjoy!
Feature of The Week
Learn something different from our hands-on collection!
Colour the World At Your Feet
Colouring sheets inspired by the Museum's Collection
Puzzlemania!
How quickly can you solve our jigsaw puzzles?
NEW PUZZLE! Have you been keeping up with our weekly puzzles? This week's is a throwback to a previous windows installation 🌈 #MuseumFromHome #BSMFromHome #SeeTorontoSoon
In the 1930s, women seemed to heed the advice of fashion experts to have one pair of metallic evening shoes in their wardrobes because metallics functioned as a neutral and went with everything. Many extant evening shoes from the period are indeed gold kid and the majority show evidence of heavy use. The owner of this pair seems to have reattached the buckles, and if she had wanted to revive their gold finish, she could have purchased a Cinderella Gold Slipper shoe polish kit specifically designed to return the sparkle to golden footwear. #MuseumFromHome #BSMFromHome #SeeTorontoSoon
Some of the shoes our Creative Director & Senior Curator, Elizabeth has caught while fishing in Animal Crossing are really familiar... 😉 This particular pair was worn by the famed Hollywood actor Bela Lugosi who fit the model of a ‘player’ perfectly. Lugosi was married five times. His third marriage lasted only four months and the co-respondent named was none other than the Hollywood star Clara Bow.
Enjoy May flowers with these men's silk house slippers that were hand-embroidered with flowers, butterflies and other motifs (French, 1860s). Did you know that floral motifs were popular in Western fashion throughout the 19th century? While women's attire made of ample use of florals for all occasions, men's fashion tended to limit flowers to clothing worn at home. Interested in learning more? These shoes are featured in our book, “The World At Your Feet” available NOW! Visit our website for more 💙 #MuseumFromHome #BSMFromHome #SeeTorontoSoon
NEW BLOG POST: Footwear and the Imperial Project 💚 ✨ -
Learn more about these stunning pair of shoes in our latest blog post! Visit http://astepintothebatashoemuseum.blogspot.com/ to read
With thousands of artefacts, it's hard to pick favourites but today's post is all about some of our staff's favourite shoes in our collection! #MuseumFromHome #BSMFromHome #SeeTorontoSoon #MuseumLife
#BornThisDay was Queen Victoria! Pictured is a pair of ivory satin flat shoes and cream kid gloves with blue silk trim owned by her that is part of our collection.
What was your favourite fad/craze of the 80s? Today's #SaturdaysStyle, we are featuring these multi-coloured shoes designed by Beverly Feldman that instantly brightens our day 🌈 #MuseumFromHome #BSMFromHome #SeeTorontoSoon
#FashionHistoryFriday: Every aspect of these shoes suggests that they were created for a special occasion and then treasured and carefully preserved for centuries. (Possibly Scottish, 18th century) Would you still wear these shoes if they were around today? 💗 ✨ #MuseumFromHome #BSMFromHome #SeeTorontoSoon
Get inspired for your next art project this weekend with this sketch by Roger Vivier! Share your creations with us by tagging @batashoemuseum #MuseumFromHome #BSMFromHome #SeeTorontoSoon
Interested in learning about the shoe-making process? Watch the evolution of the chelsea boot in our new video with Jeff Churchill from @jitterbug.boy on our Youtube channel. Here's a sneak peek! #MuseumFromHome #BSMFromHome
NEW VIDEO! We just released episode 2 of our Unboxing the BSM series! You'll have to check out our Youtube channel to see what Elizabeth Semmelhack unboxed in today's episode. Any guesses on what it could be? 😍 #MuseumFromHome #BSMFromHome #SeeTorontoSoon