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Press Releases
BSM in the News
Washington Post: Some Shoe-leather Reporting on the Weird Way Men’s Shoes Are Laced
StyleDemocracy: 10 Things To Do On Your Own In Toronto
The Independent: Fairbank’s boots turning heads in Toronto exhibit
The Sarnia Observer: Glamorous footwear from Petrolia’s oil boom on display in Toronto
CNN: Why these chunky, ugly running shoes are selling like crazy
Newsmax: Hoka: The Chunky, Ugly Sneaker Craze
Globe and Mail: The story of sneaker culture: From niche obsession to multi-billion dollar reselling industry
Globe and Mail: The 10 most remarkable and memorable artworks at Canadian galleries in 2022
The Kit: The Chicest Coffee Table Books to Wrap Up This Year
Forbes: Why Your Next City Break Should Be Toronto, Canada
CNN’s Downside Up: What if we lived in a world without sneakers?
CBC’s The Current: Charting the story of humanity through footwear
Globe and Mail: From shoeaholics to sneakerheads: Bata Shoe Museum asks why we own so many pairs
Toronto Guardian: Staycation in the City at The Kimpton Saint George
Smithsonian Magazine: These 18th-Century Shoes Underscore the Contradictions of the Age of Enlightenment
Highsnobiety: What Does The Future of Sneakers Look Like? The Bata Shoe Museum might know.
STIRworld: The odyssey of futuristic footwear at Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto
New York Times: Toronto Steps into Summer
Breakfast Television: This is what the future of footwear looks like
Tourism Academy: A Step Inside the Bata Shoe Museum with Director Elizabeth Semmelhack
BCC: The women kicking off their high heels at work
Sharp Magazine: Calling All Sneakerheads: The Bata Shoe Museum’s Newest Exhibition Is For You
Complex Magazine: This Toronto Exhibit Brings Sneakers to the Metaverse
Flaunt Magazine: Future Now | Opening at the Bata Shoe Museum
Surface Magazine: Forecasting the Complicated Future of Footwear
Fashion Magazine: Sci-fi Sneakers are the Future of Footwear
The Kit: A Shoe Pro Shares the Five Best Fashion-y Sneakers to Buy This Summer
Skate Canada: Bata Shoe Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition Exploring Canadian Figure Skating
Toronto Star: All Dolled Up, at the Bata Shoe Museum, showcases tiny footwear