Toronto: Bata Shoe Museum Entrance Ticket
ID: GYG98778-140118
Category:
Country: Canada
Description
Discover a cultural treasure in the heart of Toronto at the world-renowned Bata Shoe Museum. Celebrate 4,500 years of footwear history with exciting and groundbreaking exhibitions guaranteed to entertain and educate visitors of all ages.
Marvel at a stunning collection of shoes from around the world with an entrance ticket to the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. Discover footwear of every description collected by the museum's founder, Sonja Bata.
As one of Toronto's foremost cultural landmarks, and a world-renowned institution with a reputation for global excellence, the Bata Shoe Museum features one of the world's largest and most impressive footwear collections. Housed in a building shaped like a shoebox, to a design by the Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama, the museum welcomes you with its distinctive and spacious contemporary architecture filled with light.
The museum collects, researches, preserves, and exhibits footwear from around the world. Explore the beautifully designed exhibitions and experience 4 innovative gallery spaces with rotating artifacts and shows. Take a fascinating journey through 4,500 years of footwear history in "All About Shoes."
2019 Exhibitions:
• Want: Desire, Design and Depression Era Footwear
• The Gold Standard: Glittering Footwear from Around the Globe
• Art and Innovation: Traditional Arctic Footwear from the Bata Shoe Museum Collection
Highlights
- Explore 4 innovative gallery spaces with rotating exhibitions at the Bata Shoe Museum
- Take a fascinating journey through 4,500 years of footwear history
- Discover rotating exhibitions that showcase fascinating social history
- Learn about Depression Era footwear, glittering footwear, and traditional Arctic footwear
- Benefit from the Museum's complimentary WiFi and Smart Audio Guide available on most devices
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Museum has a Smart Guide that can be accessed via the Museum's free WiFi. Bring your own WiFi-enabled device.
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
You are required to bring and wear a mask
All participants must also bring a valid government-issued photo ID (e.g. passport, driver's license, etc)
Masks are required while indoors
All participants who are over 12 years old must present proof of full vaccination
Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor Street West, Toronto. The Museum can be easily reached by subway, car, or uber from downtown Toronto. Street and paid parking, within walking distance of the Museum, may be available.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
