July 11, 2024
Nicole van Aarle is the fifth generation of the van Aarle's, and the first and only female clog maker. She displays this knowledge in the Shoe Quarter.
July 5, 2024
Festive summer months In honor of Shoe Quarter's 70th anniversary and Neskrid's 100th anniversary, the two companies have joined forces. Visitors to the museum can have a free foot and movement analysis and discover which soles they stand on more firmly.
June 4, 2024
Laurindo Andrea is a fashion designer, historian and owner of the socially social and avant-garde label LAURINDO LOVE.
May 23, 2024
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.
May 16, 2024
The Board of Supervisors of the Shoe Quarter announces the permanent appointment of Rinske Jurgens as chief executive officer effective June 1, 2024.
April 23, 2024
How special it was! We look back on Her Majesty Queen Máxima's working visit to the Shoe Quarter today. Museum Director Rinske Jurgens welcomed Queen Máxima and Mayor Sacha Ausems with a special program. Queen Máxima was given a tour of our exhibitions by volunteers.
April 20, 2024
The exhibition Trek the Bold opened swinging this weekend. This family exhibition is one that makes you think and wants to take you out of your comfort zone. After all, which shoes suit you?
April 2, 2024
We are particularly honored to announce that on Tuesday, April 23, Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit the Shoe Quarter.
1 april 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
March 25, 2024
Go to the Shoe Quarter for free? You can! During Museum Week we don't check your museum card!
March 22, 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.
March 13, 2024
On March 11, outgoing Minister Hugo de Jonge (Housing & Spatial Planning) visited Tilburg and Waalwijk because of the Region Deal "Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Experimentation with People First.
Feb. 6, 2024
During spring break (from Saturday, Feb. 10 to Sunday, Feb. 25), we will turn on a number of machines at the museum!
21 januari 2024
Studio Joris de Groot is a product design and research studio exploring the tension between craft and industry.
Jan. 18, 2024
Shoe designers of the future present themselves at the Shoe Quarter from Jan. 26 through April 1.
December 10, 2023
The European Museum Forum has announced the nominees for the European Museum of the Year Award 2024.
Oct. 20, 2023
Peterson Stoop Footwear is celebrating their 10th anniversary by offering one Shoe Quarter visitor the chance to win a Resoul™ of their own worn sneakers.
Oct. 19, 2023
CUTTING EDGES, explores and pushes the boundaries of contemporary shoe design and making.