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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
June 6, 2023 - July 30, 2023
The Shoe Quarter is celebrating its first anniversary by highlighting some special, recent donations.
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.
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.
