$17 for a Family Pass to the Bata Shoe Museum (a $35 Value) - See Below for Single Admission Option

Unsuccessful ideas like the too-fragrant "Pro Bowler Post-Game Shoe Museum" or the empty building called "Museum of Shoes Your Grandfather Wore to Trek Five Miles Uphill Through the Snow to School" have been relegated to the footnotes of footwear museum history. Have a sole-fully educational experience with today's WagJag: for $17, get a family pass for two adults and 4 kids to visit the Bata Shoe Museum, regularly $35. See today's Related WagJags sidebar for a deal on single adult admissions.

The Bata Shoe Museum's collection of historical and contemporary footwear takes visitors' leather- and canvas-clad metatarsals on a walk through time and around the globe. The museum's permanent exhibit, "All About Shoes," spans 4500 years of footwear's evolving uses, materials, designs, and cultural significance. Artifacts on display include Chinese silk shoes, haute couture pumps, chestnut-crushing clogs from France, and sumo wrestler's geta from Japan, and the special exhibit "Juno Sole" features shoes worn by Canadian music luminaries like Bryan Adams, Nelly Furtado, and Drake. Three other galleries feature changing exhibits, with themes like Shoes in Art, Native North American Footwear, and, lest they feel left out, Socks.

Built to house the expansive historical and cultural shoe collection of Sonja Bata, the Bata Shoe Museum is a unique and fascinating journey through humanity's relationship with their foot-cases. The museum is open seven days a week.