On April 5th the Schoenenkwartier’s celebrity shoe exhibition “Put On Your Red Shoes” ended its extended run in the lovely town of Waalwijk in the Netherlands. As I mentioned in a previous blog, the region was historically a leather and shoe production centre, providing footwear to surrounding countries and North America. You can read more […]
Storage Room Project: Part 2
Now that former conservator Ada Hopkins has retired, I am tasked with trying to fill the role that she defined during her time at the Bata Show Museum. For my first Conservation Blog I thought I would update everyone on the Storage Room Project that she wrote about in April 2022. The new storage room […]
Care In Handling: Out On Loan to The Netherlands
Put On Your Red Shoes is an exhibition about music and shoes, at the Schoenenkwartier (literally the Shoe Quarter) in the small Dutch town of Waalwijk, The Netherlands. The town was historically a leather and shoe production centre; in the early 19th century, the tanners and shoemakers were self-employed, and as industrialization grew, the tanning […]