Bata Shoe: Footwear History Museum
There are many history museums in the world, however, the Bata Shoe museum is unique, because it is fully dedicated to one topic – the history of shoes from the ancient times to modern designers.
Footwear history museum Bata Shoe was opened in Toronto in 1995. Its founder was Sonya Bata, a well-off woman, the wife of a famous businessman, and she has been collecting unique footwear for decades. Today the current exposition of the museum includes more than 10 000 items, that show us the fashion history of different nations.
Let us today lead you on a virtual excursion through the halls of this museum and explore its wonders! We will start with the footwear of Africa.
Quite a big part of the museum is dedicated to African culture. Due to the hot climate no footwear is more popular in Africa, than open sandals. Many of the exhibited items appear to be a part of traditional costumes: they are decorated by ornaments and symbols.
Now let us move to the footwear of China. China is undoubtedly a very interesting country, and this is vividly shown by the museum halls. Shoes and sandals from thin silk, embroided with ornaments, also have the images of different animals on, which are supposed to be the tokens for the shoe wearer.
Stay with us and we will continue our virtual excursion to the world of the most beautiful and unusual footwear.
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