THE BATA SHOE MUSEUM FOUNDATION / FONDATION MUSÉE DE LA CHAUSSURE BATA

Services Provided by THE BATA SHOE MUSEUM FOUNDATION / FONDATION MUSÉE DE LA CHAUSSURE BATA

Thanks to an innovative partnership with the indigenous focused Treadright Foundation and the Metis owned company Manitobah Mukluks the Museum hosted the first Storyboot workshops in the fall of 2016, an educational opportunity for young indigenous people willing to learn the traditional beading and moccasin-making techniques. The extraordinary success of this series of workshops, led the Museum to organize and series of workshops open to the general public. These classes are held every weekend at the Museum as a wonderful inter-cultural ongoing event. As part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Confederation the Museum has partnered with Canada Walk of Fame to collect and display footwear worn by their inductees as a way to...