May 24, 2025 - April 6, 2026
Sneaker Evolution offers a unique opportunity to think about the future of shoes and our role in the circular economy. Discover the sneaker as a fashion item as well as a symbol of innovation and social change in the Shoe Quarter! A powerful exhibition about the future of fashion, sustainability and social justice.
October 8, 2024 - April 21, 2025
Eighty years young Fred de la Bretonière turns eighty at the end of this year. For more than fifty years he has been at the forefront of Dutch shoe designers. That, of course, needs to be celebrated.
Permanent exhibition
In How It Gets Made, we show the manufacturing process of leather and shoes using historical machines and contemporary interactives.
Permanent exhibition
In Het Verhaal Van de Langstraat, five main characters recount life in an area traditionally known for the manufacture of leather and shoes.
Permanent exhibition
Thousands of years of shoe history are featured in this semi-permanent exhibition that explains the relationship between man and his footwear through place, time, rituals, function and identity.
June 7, 2022 - Feb. 4, 2023
An exploration into the relationship between pop music and shoe fashion. Striking, bizarre, iconic and trendsetting footwear from a wide variety of artists.
January 9, 2023 - April 8, 2023
The Nieuwe Lichting exhibition showcases a diverse selection of designers who graduated in 2022 from various art academies and vocational schools in the Netherlands and London.
April 8, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Baked soles & mixed materials. From April 8 to 30, designer Julien Chaintreau will be on display at the Bodehuisje with his project "Neo-Vernacular Footwear.
May 25, 2023 - June 25, 2023
the Shoe Quarter is hosting several live workshops during the Cutting Edges exhibition. Roderick Pieters, Lisa van der Plaetse and Gabriel Giordano will be guests each week and demonstrate their skills.
June 25, 2023 - July 10, 2023
A dress made of seaweed. A creation made of orange peel. In the world of fashion artist Agnes van Dijk (1962, Geldrop) nothing is impossible.
October 31, 2023 - April 1, 2024
The Old Norman term cuir bouilli, literally translatable as boiled leather, remains a mystery.
January 10, 2024 - April 1, 2024
Clemens Tomlow's "monster under the bed" is part of PODIUM SHOENENLAB EDITION 2023 along with projects by Studio Joris de Groot, Kristiyan Hristov and DAE Studio Body building.
April 20, 2024 - September 15, 2024
As a tough guy always wanted to try out pumps? Or wanted to look a lot taller thanks to funky platform soles from the seventies? This is possible from April 20 in the Schoenenkwartier in Waalwijk.
June 28, 2024 - September 1, 2024
Laurindo is a fashion designer, historian and owner of the socially social and avant-garde label LAURINDO LOVE. Laurindo: "I see the outfits I present in the Shoe Quarter as resilient manifestations. This is how I try to achieve respect and empathy for other cultures and their dressing behaviors. With a clear link to the slavery past."
Oct. 19, 2024 - Oct. 27, 2024
The Schoenenkwartier will again participate in this year's Dutch Design Week from Oct. 19 to 27 with an exhibition at Microlab Hall, Strijp S, Eindhoven.
January 23, 2025 - April 1, 2025
Shoe designers of the future once again present themselves during the Podium 2024 exhibition. This annual exhibition showcases work realized in 2024 in collaboration with the museum's Shoe Lab.
every Wednesday afternoon
 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
€ 55,00
During this workshop you will make a simple city bag, purse or pouch using materials from our own supply. Our artisans will be there every Wednesday afternoon to guide you.
May 28, 2025
 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
€ 55,00
During this workshop you will make a simple citybag, bag or pouch with materials from our own stock. Our craftsmen Adje and Frans will be present this afternoon from 1:30 pm to guide you.
May 29, 2025
 | 1:30 - 3 p.m.
€ 2,50
Take your first steps as a sneaker designer in the knowledge center. Design your own 3D mini sneaker based on an existing pattern and discover for yourself the smart technology behind the sneaker.
May 30, 2025
 | 1:30 - 3 p.m.
€ 2,50
Take your first steps as a sneaker designer in the knowledge center. Design your own 3D mini sneaker based on an existing pattern and discover for yourself the smart technology behind the sneaker.
June 1, 2025
 | 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Free
The Take Care Café where you learn to polish shoes from a professional. Be sure to bring your own leather shoes!
June 4, 2025
 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
€ 55,00
During this workshop you will make a simple citybag, bag or pouch with materials from our own stock. Our craftsmen Adje and Frans will be present this afternoon from 1:30 pm to guide you.
June 9, 2025
 | 1:30 - 3 p.m.
€ 2,50
Take your first steps as a sneaker designer in the knowledge center. Design your own 3D mini sneaker based on an existing pattern and discover for yourself the smart technology behind the sneaker.
June 11, 2025
 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
€ 55,00
During this workshop you will make a simple citybag, bag or pouch with materials from our own stock. Our craftsmen Adje and Frans will be present this afternoon from 1:30 pm to guide you.
June 14, 2025
 | 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
€ 55,00
The Sneaker Evolution exhibition features an overwhelming collection of inspiring sneakers. Enough to get ideas, and paint and customize your own sneakers.
June 15, 2025
 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
€ 55,00
During this workshop you will make a simple citybag, bag or pouch with materials from our own stock. Our craftsmen Adje and Frans will be present this afternoon from 1:30 pm to guide you.
June 18, 2025
 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
€ 55,00
During this workshop you will make a simple citybag, bag or pouch with materials from our own stock. Our craftsmen Adje and Frans will be present this afternoon from 1:30 pm to guide you.
June 22, 2025
 | 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
€85,00
. Make your own upcycled accessory: the mini cardholder! In this workshop, you will rescue a discarded sneaker from the trash and transform it into a stylish card holder. You will get to work disassembling the sneaker and putting together your personal design.
June 25, 2025
 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
€ 55,00
During this workshop you will make a simple citybag, bag or pouch with materials from our own stock. Our craftsmen Adje and Frans will be present this afternoon from 1:30 pm to guide you.
June 27, 2025
 | 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Free - excluding entrance fees
Demonstration by Liesel Swart on the tub sole stitching machine for the completely circular, unique and sustainable sneakers by LEV'01 and Boldwool by FeltFabriCk.
July 2, 2025
 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
€ 55,00
During this workshop you will make a simple citybag, bag or pouch with materials from our own stock. Our craftsmen Adje and Frans will be present this afternoon from 1:30 pm to guide you.
July 3, 2025
 | 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
€1000 | to be reserved at sepatustudios@gmail.com
Create your own interpretation of Air Footscape Woven Motion with Sepatu Studios @sepatu_studios at the Shoe Lab. The Shoe Quarter, in collaboration with Edgar Caufijn, designer and artisan at Sepatu Studio, is offering this master class to tie in with the Sneaker Evolution exhibition.
July 9, 2025
 | 1:30 - 4 p.m.
€ 55,00
During this workshop you will make a simple citybag, bag or pouch with materials from our own stock. Our craftsmen Adje and Frans will be present this afternoon from 1:30 pm to guide you.
July 9, 2025
 | 1:30 - 3 p.m.
€ 2,50
Take your first steps as a sneaker designer in the knowledge center. Design your own 3D mini sneaker based on an existing pattern and discover for yourself the smart technology behind the sneaker.
July 11, 2025
 | 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
€ 25,00
Footwear Care Lab @footwearcarelab is an initiative of Isabel Wolfs (designer and maker), Jesse Oeinck (vintage collector and store owner) and Emma Huffman (design researcher and mender). This educational platform focuses on sharing knowledge and skills related to for shoe care and repair.
July 11, 2025
 | 1:30 - 3 p.m.
€ 2,50
Take your first steps as a sneaker designer in the knowledge center. Design your own 3D mini sneaker based on an existing pattern and discover for yourself the smart technology behind the sneaker.
VISITING ADDRESS
RAADHUISPLEIN 1
5141 KG WAALWIJK
+31 (0) 416 33 27 38
INFO@SCHOENENKWARTIER.NL
PARKING
TAXANDRIAWEG 4
5141 PA WAALWIJK
OPENING HOURS
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Za, Sun & Feast Days 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
