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 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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
October 31, 2023 - April 1, 2024
The Old Norman term cuir bouilli, literally translatable as boiled leather, remains a mystery.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
