Museum: Empathy Museum “Mile in My Shoes”

A “Mile in My Shoes” is a shoe shop where visitors are invited to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes – literally. Our touring exhibition houses a diverse collection of shoes and audio stories that explore our shared humanity. From a Syrian refugee to a dairy farmer, a war veteran to a neurosurgeon, visitors are invited to walk a mile in the shoes of a stranger while listening to their story.

The stories cover different aspects of life, from loss and grief to hope and love and take the visitor on an empathetic as well as a physical journey.

As well as being a drop-in session, students who choose the Objects and Stories Stream will get to have a workshop in the shoe shop!