On a Pedestal

On a Pedestal, one of the BSM’s most historically significant exhibitions opens with a rare selection of chopines on loan from around the world including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Museo Bardini in Florence, Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Livrustkammaren and Skoklosters Slott in Stockholm, Museo Palazzo Mocenigo and Museo Correr in Venice, Ambras Castle in Austria, Boston Museum of Fine Art, and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Chopines, a platform footwear, were worn during the Renaissance by upper-class women in Italy and Spain.