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This online exhibition features stories and artifacts, based on the Museum’s existing collection, that focus on the footwear traditions of Aboriginal groups and Canada’s multicultural communities. With a touch of a finger, global audiences are now able to access artifacts from some of the Museum’s most exciting exhibitions throught our virtual museum All About Shoes.
With an intention to offer digital cultural content aimed at enhancing knowledge of Canadian cultural diversity, All About Shoes contains 500 images, of which 200 are in 3D, using AVT technology designed specifically for the Museum. A new technique allows the remaining 300 2D images to be ‘zoomified’ for extreme detail and magnification. With animation and sound introducing each section, artifacts come to life and can be manipulated and examined so that stitching, beadwork and even the most intricate embroidery can be appreciated.
This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.
The Bata Shoe Museum is pleased to announce that another four of its exhibitions are now accessible to the global community with the continuation of its popular digitization project, All About Shoes. With financial assistance from the Cultural Affairs Sector of the Department of Canadian Heritage, visitors can now view breathtaking artifacts from several more exhibitions: The Perfect Pair, Tradition and Innovation, Our Boots and Chronicles of Riches.
This phase of the project includes specially created teachers’ resources, and is in both official languages. Our Boots has also been translated into Inuktitut, an official language in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Phase II of this project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.
Hosted by the Virtual Museum of Canada , this bilingual exhibition website allows visitors to listen to audio clips, explore artifacts and learn about the various methods of footwear production used by skilled aboriginal and immigrant peoples. On Canadian Ground features the largest display of three-dimensional photography in an online exhibition to date. For the first time ever, visitors can ‘handle’ artifacts from the collection online.
Join the Bata Shoe Museum at the Virtual Museum of Canada for a virtual walk through history!