print email comment close The Bata Shoe Museum URL: http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/ Description: This Toronto museum "celebrates the style and function of footwear" from ancient times to the present. The site features brief illustrated essays on footwear with sections on North American Indians, the circumpolar region, and the rest of the world; a history of Western shoe fashions; and footwear of famous people. Also includes information about exhibits, a history of the museum, and fun facts about shoes. Publisher: The Bata Shoe Museum Foundation Library of Congress Subject Headings: Costume museums Footwear Museums -- Ontario -- Toronto Shoes LII Database Information: Record 6474 created by Maria Brandt on 06/25/2003 Last modification on 06/25/2003 Published: 06/25/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6474