Almost every human being owns a pair in one or another execution. On the one hand this universal object leads a visitor of SONS through all ethnic cultures and peoples, from the first foot-covered footsteps of humans till today. On the other hand through the world of modern art, highlighted out of a surprising perspective.

Out of the original need to protect our feet from cold, heat, moisture and dangerous surfaces, shoes became an inseparable part of our live. Already at the beginning of human history, shoes became a characteristic fashion item, an artwork inspiration as well as an artwork itself.

The Dutch Leather and Shoe Museum presents a surprising collection of shoes; from antique to contemporary. Further you will discover a facinating exhibition of design in leather and a shoemaker's street with a small factory from the beginning of this century.

The city of Elda, the seat of the Shoe museum, is an industrial centre in the Valencia Community.