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Northampton shoe collection to go on show across the world (online)

05/03/2014
One of the largest shoe collections in the world is to be digitised and made available online for footwear enthusiasts everywhere in the world to see. This project is part of a wider drive by the local authorities in Northampton to raise awareness of the city’s shoe collection.

Northampton museums have been collecting shoes since the 1870s and today there are over 12,000 pairs of shoes in the collection dating from as long ago as 1000 BC to the present day.

International shoe and fashion designers, academic institutions, researchers, filmmakers, TV, radio and print media as well as other museums and galleries use the collection as a resource, but currently only around 5% of the collection is available digitally.

This latest initiative has been made possible thanks to a successful bid by the council to Arts Council England for £69,900 in grant funding.


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