Schuhtick - Crazy about shoes. Cold feet and hot soles.
We wear them every day. They both protect us and adorn us. And they reveal where and how we live and who we are. Shoes! But when did man invent the shoe and how has it developed over thousands of years? What do medieval poulaines have to do with the virility of the wearer? And why did Elvis Presley sing about blue suede shoes?
These and many other fascinating questions are answered in the international special exhibition " Schuhtick - Crazy about shoes. Cold feet and hot soles". The exhibition tells shoes stories which span history and cross continents: from the first foot protection to Roman military sandals and onward to designer shoes. The exhibition presents over 400 objects, some of which are on display for the very first time. Here you will have the opportunity to not only look at shoes, but also experience them for yourself. Try out on our catwalk how it feels to walk in medieval pattens or high heels, and listen to shoe songs that span rock and pop history at the "shoe bar".
And the shoes keep on walking! From the LWL Museum for Archaeology in Herne, they are stopping at the Übersee-Museum in Bremen and the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim to tell their shoe stories there, too.
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We wear them every day. They both protect us and adorn us. And they reveal where and how we live and who we are. Shoes! But when did man invent the shoe and how has it developed over thousands of years? What do medieval poulaines have to do with the virility of the wearer? And why did Elvis Presley sing about blue suede shoes?
These and many other fascinating questions are answered in the international special exhibition " Schuhtick - Crazy about shoes. Cold feet and hot soles". The exhibition tells shoes stories which span history and cross continents: from the first foot protection to Roman military sandals and onward to designer shoes. The exhibition presents over 400 objects, some of which are on display for the very first time. Here you will have the opportunity to not only look at shoes, but also experience them for yourself. Try out on our catwalk how it feels to walk in medieval pattens or high heels, and listen to shoe songs that span rock and pop history at the "shoe bar".
And the shoes keep on walking! From the LWL Museum for Archaeology in Herne, they are stopping at the Übersee-Museum in Bremen and the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim to tell their shoe stories there, too.
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The international special exhibition "Shoespleen. Of cold feet and hot soles" answers these and many other exciting questions.
From the first foot guard of mankind via Roman military sandals to designer shoes, the exhibition tells about shoe stories through all the ages and beyond the continents.
The exhibition presents over 400 exhibits that are partly seen in public for the first time ever. You cannot only take a look at shoes, you can also "experience" them: Try walking with medieval pattens or high heels on the catwalk or listen to songs across the rock and pop history at the "shoebar".
And the shoes keep on moving! After the prelude at the LWL Museum für Archäologie in Herne, the shoes are going to the Überseemuseum Bremen and the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen to tell their shoe stories there, too.
