The Bata Shoe Museum is worth visiting even if you live in Toronto. It's conveniently located near St. George Subway Station, and the information provided is fascinating and educational. This is not a big museum, so you won't get overwhelmed while visiting the exhibits. You could easily spend over two hours here and don't even notice. I went there on a Tuesday morning, and there was only a hand full of people, which was great because I could enjoy my visit. Highly recommended!

This was a hidden gem! It wasn’t listed on any must see lists when checking for things to do in Toronto and I wish it was. I happened to learn about it in a random flyer. The collection is really interesting and well laid out. I spent about an hour and half walking through and it was more than enough time to see everything and read the placards. I went during a week day so it was not busy at all. I highly recommend checking this museum out! It’s also located within walking distance of other great museums and shopping areas.

This is a fantastic museum and should not be missed. 15,000 objects covering 4,500 years of history from the first shoes to the present. Interesting displays and galleries. learn about the gold shoes of the African kings or those of Popes. The Nike Vaporfly shoes which increased the speed of the athletes by up to 4.2%. Loved it

A very complete history of the shoe well displayed in chronological order. Interesting exhibit of the future of shoes. And currently featuring bloom-displaying shoes of various decoration of each flower type. Was a lack of children in the museum as they may not find this their style. It's nice to see people reading the panels and not spending 30 minutes pacing through a museum like I sometimes do.

I probably came at a bad time. There were four floors, but each of them didn't really have much. The available space is like 1/3 of what the building looks like on the outside. Frankly, I think the real issue is that the current exhibits are rather lukewarm and that there just isn't enough to see. The foundation for a good museum is there, but it's not fully capitalized on.

I had a really enjoyable experience on a Friday afternoon at around 3:45 and spend about an hour and a half in the museum. It was not crowded at all. Shoes and left leaning social commentary from ancient times to modern times. A bit more thought provoking than I thought it would be. Highly recommend if there are no crowds. Would love to see HOKAs make their way into the museum.

We visited the museum on June 26. The museum has four floors. Although you can visit the museum in any order, we think it's best to start in the basement with the history of the shoe and why the museum exists. In the basement there is also a place where you can put on different shoes so that you can feel like a clown or a hipster.

In the middle of August,I had an interesting visit to the Bata Shoe Museum.I learned about the history of footwear from Period of the Prehistoric Otzi Man (5300 years ago in what is currently the Czech Republic-replica of sandals)to the present day.I saw Indian Shoes with metallic toe rings(1840),Asante African Sandals,Pope Benedict IV's Shoes(1914-1922),Chestnut Crushing Clogs from France(1914),Moravian Dance Boots,and 20th Century Peter Max designed shoes,among a plethora of others. At the temporary"Flower in Bloom"exhibit,I saw impressive shoes with floral designs by the Wardat Nation("Persian Buttercup"),iconic shoe designer,the late Beth Levine("Iris"),Yves Saint Laurent("Phulkari Acanthus Shoe"),and "Strawberry Shoes",among others. Going to the Bata Shoe Museum was a unique experience for me.The staff of this museum was very helpful.I was a newcomer to the study of shoes.

I love, LOVE oddly specialized museums, so this seemed like the perfect place for me to come. I was just somehow expecting... more. What they have is interesting,and the history is certainly fascinating, I couldn't help but feel as though something was missing. Something I have yet to quite put my finger on. It's worth going once if you have never been, but it does not have a lot of "repeat visit" value.