Visiting the Sportsystem Foundation Museum means taking a journey through time, discovering an economic miracle, and understanding the global evolution—proudly Made in Italy—of technology applied to sports. “Stone and Earth,” “Snow and Ice,” and “Tracks and Fields” are the exhibition rooms through which visitors are guided by curator Francesca Sfoggia. To these, one must add the room with interactive maps showing data about the Sports Footwear District, and the K2 room: the climbers who conquered the eight-thousander wore shoes made here, and their achievement is recounted through vintage newspapers, audio recordings, and original objects such as goggles and trunks.

There is not a single sport to which the District has not contributed its technology: skiing, of course—which, along with all mountain sports, represented the area’s original calling—but also football, Formula 1, tennis, golf, athletics, fencing, and basketball.

From the era of cobblers to that of engineers, you'll see Toni Sailer’s leather ski boots—gems of elegance and technique—and plastic ones molded to the athlete's foot to ensure ever more competitive performance under completely safe conditions.

Among signed shoes worn by global sports legends, don’t forget to take a look out the windows: beyond them stretch the countryside, the Pedemontana hills, and the bold proportions of the Montebelluna Duomo—a city that has clearly never been afraid to think big.