News & Views
News & Views
April 10, 2008
U of O Natural History Museum Exhibit "Walk a Mile In These Shoes" Opens Friday April 11
Some say that they might be the first pair of running shoes in Oregon. A pair of 10,000-year-old sandals will be on exhibit at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History on the University of Oregon campus from April 11 through August 24. View these sandals, as well as shoes worn by elite Oregon athletes and coaches, and some of the favorite footwear of local politicians, the rock band KISS, and the actors from the hit Broadway musical, Wicked. The exhibit will display shoes from ages ago and the very recent past, from comfortable slippers to ‘who can walk in these things’ contraptions, from local cobblers to traditional footwear from around the world. For more information and a slide show of some of the featured shoes, check out the Museum’s website.