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.
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
In How It Gets Made, we show the manufacturing process of leather and shoes using historical machines and contemporary interactives.
May 23, 2025 - April 6, 2026
Sneaker Evolution uses sneakers as a mirror of our society and invites reflection on consumption, production and inclusivity. A powerful exhibition about the future of fashion, sustainability and social justice.
Feb. 7, 2025 -
Fred de la Bretonière will be our guest for a signing of his book Soul for every Sole. This is a unique opportunity to meet the renowned designer of iconic shoes and bags in person.
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.
January 23, 2025 - April 1, 2025
Marko Baković holds a master's degree in shoedesign from the London College of Fashion. After graduation, he founded Baković Studio, an innovative and research-oriented design studio.
January 7, 2025 - April 1, 2025
The Take Care Cafe is about caring for yourself, others and your belongings, with a focus on taking care of your shoes. In a time of disposable culture, we remember the value of the relationship with the things we are happy with. Caring and walking with care remains essential. Featured in the Spotlight Closet.
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.
Oct. 5, 2024 - Dec. 31, 2024
Neskrid celebrates 100 years and presents itself in the Shoe Quarter's Spotlight Cabinet. In 100 years, the Brabant family business Neskrid has grown from an artisanal shoemaker to the specialist in the field of multifunctional (semi-)orthopedic footwear solutions.
Sept. 17, 2024 - Dec. 31, 2024
Michel Gallus is a shoe designer who enjoys challenging the shoe industry by designing modular shoes. An undergraduate student at the Design Academy Eindhoven, he graduated in 2020 with his project HIDE - Sneakers made entirely of leather. His current work uses both digital and hands-on techniques to design and make shoes.
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.
July 15, 2024 - Sept. 30, 2024
The history of the museum goes back to 1954. In that year, the "Ancient Museum for the Shoe and Leather Industry" was founded as a result of the successful exhibition SLEM (shoes, leather and fashion). Here, avid collector and teacher of shoemaking, Antoon Hendriks showed a part of his personal collection which garnered the support of local shoe manufacturers in founding a museum.
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."
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
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 1, 2024 - September 1, 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
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
INFO@SCHOENENKWARTIER.NL
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.
