How can museums feel more accessible? Allow users to create their own journey

Waalwijk, the Netherlands, was a hub for leather processing and shoe manufacturing in the first half of the 20th century and is the home of the Schoenenkwartier Shoe Museum. - Stijn Bollaert

The museum is housed in an Alexander Kropholler-designed building complex in the city centr. - Stijn Bollaert

The entrance to the museum is open to the street from sliding doors connecting to the city centre and public. - Stijn Bollaert

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Location

Raadhuisplein 1, 5141 KG Waalwijk, Netherlands

Architect, Interior design

Civic Architects

Client

Municipality of Waalwijk

Exhibition Design

Tinker Imagineers

Identity and Wayfinding

The Invisible Party

Cultural Heritage Researcher

Lotte Zaaijer

Constructor

Archimedes Bouwadvies

Civic Architects ditched the traditional closed-off format of institutions for the Schoenenkwartier Shoe Museum in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, in favour of a more user-driven expe

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