Footwear of Famous People

For years, movie stars have left their footprints in the "Walk of Fame" on Hollywoud Boulevard. The Bata Shoe Museum has its own walk of fame, where selected shoes are displayed from a growing collection of famous people's footwear from every arena: artists and authors like Picasso and Margaret Atwood; performers like Mikhail Baryshnikov and Glenn Gould; film stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Gloria Swanson; politicians like Indira Gandhi and Winston Churchill; as well as sports figures like Donovan Bailey, John McEnroe, and Roger Federer.

For conservation reasons, and in order to show more variety over time, only a selection of footwear from the permanent collection is displayed in our exhibitions at any one time. This means there's always something new to see.