Always wanted to know how the walk barrel rolls, how the swaging machine swishes, how the measuring machine measures and the stitching machine stitches?Â
Then visit the Shoe Quarter and get free explanations from our guides.
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Always wanted to know how the walk barrel rolls, how the swaging machine swishes, how the measuring machine measures and the stitching machine stitches?Â
Then visit the Shoe Quarter and get free explanations from our guides.
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.
April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
Maxim Verheul is a Dutch shoe designer who draws his inspiration from Dutch cultural heritage, in this case "the wooden shoe. His research at Schoenenkwartier focuses on the Dutch wooden shoe and the craft of making wooden shoes by hand
April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
Meet Gerla: a 120-year-old family business. Founded in 1904 as a tannery by Mr. Laureijssen. Then, in cooperation with his sons, developed into a unique shoe-clog manufacturer.
April 23, 2024 - May 5, 2024
Walk with an experienced guide to see the machines in operation.
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 7, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Shoe designers Naomi Hille and Anousjka Röben created a unique collection of shoes with leather that Ilfa Siebenhaar dyed using bacteria.
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 2, 2023 - Sept. 17, 2023
The exhibition CUTTING EDGES in the award-winning Shoe Quarter building, explores and pushes the boundaries of contemporary design.
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 6, 2023 - July 30, 2023
The Shoe Quarter is celebrating its first anniversary by highlighting some special, recent donations.
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.
September 5, 2023 - December 31, 2023
No one can ignore her at the moment: Barbie. Trending topic this summer was Barbenheimer, a double blockbuster that flooded all the cinemas
Oct. 1, 2023 - Jan. 1, 2024
Kristiyan Hristov is an emerging designer in the field of 3D printed shoes. He is working on a project exploring the use of biomimicry.
October 31, 2023 - April 1, 2024
The Old Norman term cuir bouilli, literally translatable as boiled leather, remains a mystery.
January 1, 2024 - April 1, 2024
The Spotlight Cabinet in the Shoe Quarter is the domain of La Mer Orthopedic Shoes for the next three months.
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.
January 21, 2024 - April 1, 2024
Studio Joris de Groot is a product design and research studio exploring the tension between craft and industry.
VISITING ADDRESS
RAADHUISPLEIN 1
5141 KG WAALWIJK
+31 (0) 416 33 27 38
[email protected]
PARKING
TAXANDRIAWEG 4
5141 PA WAALWIJK
OPENING HOURS
DI - Fri 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Za, Sun & Feast Days 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
