| August 2021 | | | | What's On Weekly |
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| | NEW BLOG POST | | | Step into the BSM | | | Do you recognize this shoe? It's actually featured in the signature image of our latest exhibit, The Great Divide: Footwear in the Age of Enlightenment! In our recent blog post, conservator Ada walks us through the fascinating conservation process when it was acquired back in 1983! |
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| | | Camp in a Shoebox | | Enjoy the last days of summer vacation with our Camp in a Shoebox craft series ~ perfect for kids 4 and up and their families! In this latest video, Sue shows us how to make footprints! Whether making animal footprints out of foam or your own footprint out of salt dough clay, you'll definitely make your mark with these fun activities! | | | |
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| | Online Exhibitions | | | From customs that encourage good fortune to playful traditions, discover wedding shoe stories from around the world in our latest online exhibition, The Perfect Pair. | | |
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|  |  | | FREE Admission Sundays | | We love our free Sundays! Take a walk through footwear history and see golden winged contemporary sneakers by Jeremy Scott x Adidas in The Gold Standard (on view until September 5), examine a stunning pair of Siberian white reindeer boots in Art & Innovation, explore 18th century footwear with heels that soar in The Great Divide and check out our menacing looking 19th century clog used to crush...chestnuts! | |
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 | | | You Asked, We Answered! | | How do museums use new technologies? Will the emergence of new technologies leave museums behind? Find out what our Director and Senior Curator Elizabeth Semmelhack has to say about this topic in our latest Ask a Curator episode. | |
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| | Never Have I Ever... | | | ...seen a bowl-like sandal! This Acholi sandal is made of a very thick, stiff and oval-shaped piece of rawhide, which gives it a very unique shape. Learn more about this sandal in our latest Off the Shelf episode exclusively on our Instagram Reels and Tiktok! #NeverHaveIEverTO | | |
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| Museum Shop | | | Get ready for the new school year by checking out our stunning insulated lunch bags created by prolific Indigenous artist, Norval Morrisseau. | | |
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