Thursday, November 13, 2025

Shoe Museum

 

This is the Bata Shoe Museum which is located on Bloor St very near yesterday's hot dog stand. The museum was designed by architect Raymond Moriyama and is celebrating its 30th anniversary. It is a surprisingly (to me) interesting place to visit with a collection going back thousands of years as well as special exhibits of a more contemporary style. The building is said to reference an open shoe box.

14 comments:

Sharon said...

I'd like to visit that museum one day.

William Kendall said...

Moriyama had quite a style. The War Museum is one of his too.

Taken For Granted said...

A shoe museum. Who would have thought? Yes, the building does look like a shoe box. Good find.

Tom said...

...I have heard of this museum. Like TFG, who would have thought?

eileeninmd said...

Interesting museum! Take care, have a great day and a happy weekend.

Cloudia said...

Yes I see the box! I'll bet it is fascinating

Anvilcloud said...

I don’t know if I would recognize the shoebox, but I can see it when told.

roentare said...

It is a fascinating place to explore

Andrew said...

I think Jackie posted about her visit to the museum a couple of years ago. It was quite interesting, especially the Bata history. My school shoes were always Bata, and one pair had a compass in the heel.

Stefan Jansson said...

Fitting design.

Iris Flavia said...

Ohhh! I wear the same shoes every day but, RedPat,... if you visit, please, if allowed, take pics and share?

Anne Hagman-Niilola said...

An interesting looking building.

21 Wits said...

Oh wow, now this is something very special I'd love to go through here! Thank you for sharing this!

21 Wits said...

Life is short, buy the shoes!