Located in the historic Torre da Oliva building, the Footwear Museum celebrates an industry with a rich history and with hundreds of stories to tell.

The Museum is more than just a place for exhibitions: it aims to disseminate awareness of an industry that is continually making new strides in blending tradition, innovation, proven practice and state-of-the-art technology. To that end, an area has been set up where the complete manufacturing process for a shoe can be followed from initial sketching to final display in a shop window. In addition, the Museum’s proud aim is to engage the local community involving designers, artists, footwear entrepreneurs, workers and personalities associated with the industry.

Besides preserving the collective memory of the entire industry, the Footwear Museum also aims to project what is best done in Portugal. The Museum is more than just a celebration of the past: this new space is a statement of a strong sector with an unquestionable will to achieve more each and every single day, conquering new markets.

The Footwear Museum has more than 500 shoes on show in the exhibition and a global collection of more than  7 000. The museum also shows machinery and tools that were used in the manufacture of countless pairs of shoes. The exhibition is complemented by replicas of shoes and clothing from across the ages.

The space is further enriched by Sapatos com Arte (Shoes with Art), an exhibition of several local contemporary art works.