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Skoindustrimuseet i Kumla
Established1986 (1986)
LocationSveavägen 19, Kumla, Sweden
Coordinates59°07′34″N 15°08′50″E / 59.126111°N 15.147222°E / 59.126111; 15.147222
TypeCalceology
DirectorLilian Edström
Websitewww.skoindustrimuseet.se

Skoindustrimuseet i Kumla, the Shoe Industry Museum in Kumla, Sweden is a museum memorialising the surrounding region’s history of shoe manufacturing. The museum houses exhibitions of the development of Sweden’s shoe industry and the country’s shoe fashion between 1890 and 1980. Its collections include several hundred shoes, tools and equipment for shoemaking. In addition, the museum has an active shoemaking establishment, and shoes produced on the premises are available for sale.

According to the museum, Kumla Municipality has had some 130 shoe manufacturers over the years. In the 1930s, half of the Sweden’s shoe manufacturers were located in Örebro County. The local industry suffered when shoe imports were deregulated in the 1950s, and by the 1970s only a few producers remained in the country. To keep alive the memory of this once important industry, a local trust set up the museum in the mid-1980s.

Shoe museums
Shoe museums
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Footwear
Dress shoes
Slip-on shoes
Women's
Other shoes
Wooden footwear
Boots
Military
Work
Fashion boots
Other
Sport-related footwear
Folk footwear
Historical footwear
Shoe construction
High heels
Hosiery
Other related
List of shoe styles

References

  1. "Samlingarna -". Svenska skoindustrimuseet. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  2. "Muséet -". Svenska skoindustrimuseet. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
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