Families and Daycares

Have you ever:

• Bounced around in a shoe with six-inch springs?
• Tried on a giant, really giant, absolutely hugely gigantic boot?
• Decorated a shoe-shaped cookie?
• Or seen a real knight's footwear?

If you're looking for something unique and different to do with your family, daycare or day camp group, we offer activities with a flavour all their own!

Exploring the Galleries
Do you like wandering around and coming across all kinds of neat stuff? Then you'll like All About Shoes, where you'll see some of the most beautiful, most extraordinary, and most surprising footwear that's together in one room anywhere in the world. From an ancient Egyptian sandal to a training boot for space exploration, it's all here.

For younger children, All About Shoes also has an area with a fairy-tale theme.

Do you enjoy learning about how people lived? Our exhibition Beauty, Identity, Pride features an educational component with materials that Native people used to decorate their moccasins and boots. Peek into our Discovery Drawers and put your hands on moose hair, caribou fur, and more!

Saturday Shenanigans
This is an afternoon where parents and kids can spend time together exploring the galleries and doing crafts. Themes change every second month, so there's always something new to do. Except on infrequent occasions when it is pre-empted by other programming, Saturday Shenanigans is offered throughout the year.

Hands-on Demonstrations
Who says you can't touch at a Museum! Now's your chance to see that ballet slipper, feel that sealskin boot and wear the clown shoe. These hour-long events are offered several times in Winter-Spring 2008; see the EVENTS page for details.

March Break
An annual family favourite where the Museum is transformed into four floors of activity... with a different theme every year! Recent years have seen Pirate March Break and Around the World in Five Days. Open to daycare groups as well as to parents with children. (For daycares, pre-registration is required (group rates available): call 416.979.7799 x242.)

Summer Fun
Every summer we offer a 90 minute long Summer Fun programme to daycares and day camps. Check here closer to summer for details or call 416.979.7799 x242 or x228.