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Spadina Museum vs Bata Shoe Museum
Both are recommended by writers. On balance, Bata Shoe Museum is preferred by most writers compared to Spadina Museum. Bata Shoe Museum comes in at 84 with positive reviews from 6 reviews like Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet and Atlas Obscura.
Spadina Museum
Time Out
Michelin Guide
Frommer's
285 Spadina Rd., Toronto, Ontario M5R 2V5, Canada
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Time Out
"This 50-room mansion was built for financier James Austin in 1866, but his son added even more space in the 20th century, so it now has elements of both Victorian and Edwardian architecture."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"Reflecting the grandeur of Victorian and Edwardian styles, the spacious drawing room... and the airy wicker-furnished palm room show the comforts the Austin family expected."
Frommer's
"This circa-1866 mansion with spectacular seasonal gardens reopened in 2010 after an extensive, expensive renovation."
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Bata Shoe Museum
Fodor's
Michelin Guide
Condé Nast Traveler
Atlas Obscura
Afar Magazine
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327 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ontario M5S 1W7, Canada
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Fodor's
"A permanent collection of 10,000 varieties of foot coverings and, through the changing fashions, highlights the craft and sociology of making shoes."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"This unique museum draws on its 10,000-piece collection to illustrate a 4,500-year history of shoemaking and mankind's footwear."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"The ever-rotating exhibits cover a wide breadth of countries and time periods—you might see slippers worn by Chinese women with bound feet, yucca sandals made by Native Americans."
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Atlas Obscura
"A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox. "
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Afar Magazine
"The Bata Shoe Museum is dedicated to the history of footwear through the ages."
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