MIC - Pietro Bertolini International Footwear Museum - Sforzesco Castle

The Pietro Bertolini International Footwear Museum (MIC) is located inside the Sforzesco Castle in Vigevano.

The Museum was established in the 1950s on the initiative of the historian Luigi Barni from Vigevano and was dedicated to Pietro Bertolini, the first donor of a remarkable collection of footwear from all over the world.

The Museum preserves footwear from all over the world and representative of the evolution in different historical periods. The exhibition itinerary is divided into 4 rooms and a gallery, in which collections are exhibited also coming from donations and loans from companies and stylists in the sector, such as Salvatore Ferragamo, Emilio Pucci, Andrea Pfister, the Vigevanese Armando Pollini, who is also the curator scientific museum, Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and many others.

There are also shoes that belonged to historical figures, and models with particular characteristics, such as a futurist sandal with a wooden reel sole and a silver shoe, only one centimeter long.

The museum, in 2005, presented an exhibition on Italian footwear from the second half of the Thirties until the Second World War.

Admission fee - Ticket office at the Infopoint inside the Castle

Opening hours
From Tuesday to Friday: from 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: from 10:00 to 18:00
Monday closed

Map: MIC - Pietro Bertolini International Footwear Museum - Sforzesco Castle

vCard Info:

Address: Piazza Ducale, 16, 27029
Vigevano (PV) Lombardia
Latitude: 45.316924067713025
Longitude: 8.85697066783905
Site: https://www.museocalzaturavige...

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Type: Building
Function: Castle
Creation date: 14-04-2020 16:29
Last update: 05/07/2022