The History of Figure Skating Online Exhibition

[silver.blades]

Since it's the off-season, it seems like the perfect time to post this. The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto has created an online exhibition on figure skating. It's pretty North American (specifically Canadian/Toronto) focused, but still interesting for the sport in general. Also finally confirms who invented toe picks and when (Bata can be trusted to have done their research). I don't think there should be a problem accessing it for anyone outside of Canada. Happy perusing.

 

[iluvtodd]

^ That is a really neat museum. It would be cool to revisit it some day! For the record, Toronto is my favorite North American city! We've visited the city @ least 6 times & want to get back there.

 

[ladyjane]

What fun @silver.blades! Sure, it's Canadian but there's a lot of wonderful history for all of us, including all non-Canadians. Thank you for putting it up.

 

[NanaPat]

This is only one part of the exhibition. There are other parts covering other years. Click on "Boots and Blades" to get to an index page.

And it is billed as "The Story of Canadian Figure Skating". Some chapters may be "too Canadian" for some viewers!