2022 Founder’s Lecture
Join us for our 2022 Founder's Lecture with Amber Butchart!
What's On 2022
October Salon Series
A Conversation with footwear designer Benoît Méléard
Obsessed
Our new exhibition opens on October 19! Learn more now.
Nuit Blanche: The Parallax Path
Join us for this year's Nuit Blanche on October 1-2!
Future Now
Explore over fifty futuristic footwear designs in our new exhibition.
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Join us for this year's Nuit Blanche on October 1-2, 2022 ~ Featuring a collection of shoes from emerging artists Lucia Laford (Waawaaskone Qwe), Maneesa Veeravel, Nicholas Ridiculous and SRE. See as these artists share their unique stories of how barriers and challenges faced daily have allowed them to share a commonality of resilience. Visitors will experience pre-recorded performances of spoken word, storytelling, singing and rapping to connect them to each of these artists journeys.
This project is presented by VIBE Arts and is part of ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021-2022. @vibeartsto
Join the BSM on Tuesday November 8 at 7pm EST as we welcome renowned fashion historian, curator, and forensic garment analyst Amber Butchart (@amberbutchart) as our 2022 Founder's lecturer who will discuss her work in forensic garment analysis. In this illustrated talk, she considers the power of old clothes in storytelling across literature and myth, the global problems inherent in our discarded old clothing, and the potential of fashion as a tool for forensic science. Book your tickets now by visiting our website!
Terry Fox was a humanitarian, athlete and cancer research activist who embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and raise awareness for cancer research after losing most of his right leg to cancer. This blue Adidas running shoe was worn by Fox on his journey and was donated to the museum by the Canadian Cancer Society.
NEW EXHIBITION ALERT ~ "OBSESSED: How Shoes Became Objects of Desire" will guide you through the story of how we have become a society obsessed with shoes. This exhibition features highly coveted shoes in our collection that represents how industrialization drove shoe consumption transforming footwear designers into celebrities and shoes into high value collectibles. Opening on October 19. Learn more on our website ~ https://batashoemuseum.ca/obsessed/
