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  • Previous Exhibitions
    • The Charm of Rococo: Femininity and Footwear in the 18th Century
    • Watched by Heaven, Tied to Earth: Summoning Animal Protection for Chinese Children
    • Icons of Elegance: Influential Shoe Designers of the 20th Century
    • Beads, Buckles and Bows: Four Hundred Years of Embellished Footwear
    • Appeasing the Spirits: Alaskan Coastal Cultures
  • Previous 'Snapshot' Exhibits
    • Healthy Feet Exhibit
  • Previous Events
    • Rare performance of Peking Opera 'Nan Dan' tradition
    • Musicians in Ordinary: In the Shoes of an Elizabethan Lady: The Passions and Scandals of Frances Walsingham
    • Musicians in Ordinary: Sense and Sensuality: The Charm of Rococo
    • Induction of Václav Havel's shoes
    • March Break 2007: Young Pirates Take Over Bata Shoe Museum
    • March Break 2007: Johnny Depp's Pirate Boots on Display
    • March Break 2007: Pirate March Break flyer
    • Bata Shoe Museum welcomes Pigs!
    • "I Got My Slippers Back: The Golden Slippers and the Nizams of Hyderabad" Illustrated talk by Haroon Siddiqui

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