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March - April 2021
What's On Weekly
April 12 - 16, 2021
Spring into SHOES with the BSM!
Join us for everything SHOES this April Break. Explore a new online exhibition, make recycled crafts, play Shoebox Bingo LIVE, join a virtual tour and so much more! You'll find something new each day to keep you and your kids entertained! Registration is required for some of the events. Check out our website for more details.
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Shoebox Bingo LIVE
Pick a number and see what’s inside…Play Shoebox Bingo LIVE with us on April 14! The first person to call out BINGO wins a prize! Perfect for kids 4 and up. Spots are limited, so be sure to register soon!
10:00am - SOLD OUT
1:00pm - Register here
3:00pm - Register here
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(Virtually) Visit Toronto's Favourite Shoebox!
Join us for a FREE VIRTUAL TOUR of the BSM on April 16 and see inside your favourite shoebox! Limited spots available and registration is required. Sign up now before it's too late.
10:00am - Register here
1:00pm - SOLD OUT
3:00PM - Register here
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April 21, 2021 - 7pm EST - Free
Black Body Politics and Self-Care: Slave Dress as Resistance in Caribbean and Canadian Slavery
Please join us for our next Salon as Dr. Charmaine Nelson explores slave dress, cultural preservation and self-determination in Canada and British Caribbean islands like Jamaica and St. Vincent. Recuperating the histories of three enslaved black women named Dutchess, Florimell, and Cash, and one enslaved black man named Andrew, Nelson will look at how they acquired the means and materials to adorn, protect and beautify their bodies in the midst of endemic material deprivation, cultural prohibitions, economic disenfranchisement, and pervasive physical violence. To learn more about the event, please visit our website here.
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Ask a Curator
If money was no object, what artefacts would Elizabeth acquire for the museum? Find out in this week's #AskACurator episode. Every Tuesday, Elizabeth answers one of your questions! Have a question that hasn't been answered yet? Get in touch with us via social media or marketing@batashoemuseum.ca.
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Fish Skin Footwear
The BSM has artefacts made out of a variety of materials from diverse peoples around the world, including fish skin footwear. Learn more in our latest blog by museum conservator Ada!
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From the Vault
Take a peek inside our vault as Elizabeth teaches us more about one of our extraordinary artefacts. This week, she talks about this pair of riding shoes that was collected in 1985 from the city Andkhoy in North Central Afghanistan.
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Museum Shop
Shop 'til you drop! Discover thoughtful and unique shoe-related gifts for your special someone. Our Made in Canada section showcases local artisans like Deborah Lyall of Lyall's Art & Design. Lyall creates many beautiful items, including a scarf that features a flowering, heeled-shoe print. Visit online and check it out!
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Friends Around the Globe
American Museum of Natural History
Go on a tour with the American Museum of Natural History for March Mammal Madness. Museum scientists Mary Blair and Anthony Caragiulo answer questions and share fun facts and mammalian musings along the way.
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Museum of Chinese in America
Grab your popcorn and join MOCA's Educator, Taylor, for their MOCACREATE at Home series. Learn more about the history of representation in Hollywood, the ways Asian Americans are blazing their own trails in film today and how to design your very own movie poster!
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LEAVE A BIGGER FOOTPRINT
Please consider supporting the Bata Shoe Museum during this unprecedented time with a donation. Your support will help us continue to offer innovative exhibitions and experiences to visitors around the world.
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BSM programming events have been financially assisted by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, a program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport.
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