The World Famous Giant Shoe Museum

Museum Seattle, Washington, United States

What to expect

The Giant Shoe Museum, also known as the World Famous Giant Shoe Museum, is a unique museum located in Seattle's Pike Place Market. It features a collection of odd and oversized shoes displayed behind sideshow-style curtains. Visitors can view the shoes through a stereoscope by dropping quarters into coin boxes. The museum has been described as the world's largest collection of giant shoes and is likely one of the world's few coin-operated museums. The collection includes shoes such as Herculean hi-tops, groovy 1970s slip-on boots, and century-old button-ups. The museum is a popular tourist attraction and has been featured in various publications and lists of strange and quirky museums

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Explore My City - Seattle with Kids

Explore My City - Seattle with Kids
This family's experience:

Activities: We looked at impressively sized shoes and put quarters in each slot to have different shoes displayed

Highlights: The kids were amazed as they tried to imagine the people who filled these giant shoes that are displayed ✨