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This was the final object Sir John Soane placed in his Museum, before his death in January 1837🪽 This bronze figure of Victory is bathed in glorious golden sunlight from the stained glass window in the Breakfast Room, and impossible to miss on visits to the Museum! Behind it hangs a watercolour of the Soane family tomb in St Pancras Gardens – a sign, perhaps, that he felt in bequeathing his Museum to the nation he had affirmed his legacy and conquered death. Interestingly, there are more winged

This was the final object Sir John Soane placed in his Museum, before his death in January 1837🪽 This bronze figure of Victory is bathed in glorious golden sunlight from the stained glass window in the Breakfast Room, and impossible to miss on visits to the Museum! Behind it hangs a watercolour of the Soane family tomb in St Pancras Gardens – a sign, perhaps, that he felt in bequeathing his Museum to the nation he had affirmed his legacy and conquered death. Interestingly, there are more winged

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Whilst the Museum remains closed, you can take a digital tour via Explore Soane, discovering the Model Room and Sepulchral Chamber: https://www.soane.org/explore | Sir John Soane's Museum

Whilst the Museum remains closed, you can take a digital tour via Explore Soane, discovering the Model Room and Sepulchral Chamber: https://www.soane.org/explore | Sir John Soane's Museum

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The Sir John Soane Museum. London. | Hot Chocolate and Country Houses

The Sir John Soane Museum. London. | Hot Chocolate and Country Houses

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What are you up to this #BankHoliday? Why not explore Sir John Soane's Museum through our digital Explore Soane online tour http://explore.soane.org/ | Sir John Soane's Museum

What are you up to this #BankHoliday? Why not explore Sir John Soane's Museum through our digital Explore Soane online tour http://explore.soane.org/ | Sir John Soane's Museum

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Sir John Soane: An English Architect, An American Legacy (2005) - Movie

Sir John Soane: An English Architect, An American Legacy (2005) - Movie

Project Soane - The worldwide crowdsourced BIM reconstruction and rendering competition of Sir John Soane’s Bank of England.

Project Soane - The worldwide crowdsourced BIM reconstruction and rendering competition of Sir John Soane’s Bank of England.

Hear from top designers in a unique series of inspirational talks at the Soane! 😍✨ These are the wonderful speakers for our fourth season of By Design, a public talk series in which top designers discuss their practice, through the lens of a single object. Kicking off with the amazing lighting designer Peter Woodroffe on 9 May, this season will also feature architect Farshid Moussavi, garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith, fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic, interior designer Emily Todhunter and arti

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Your visit to Sir John Soane's Museum begins before you even step inside!🏛️ Built in 1812, Soane’s design for No 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields showcases a blend of classical and medieval features, from Greek motifs to gothic pedestals, giving visitors just a hint of what wonders are inside🤩 The Museum’s façade wasn’t only for show – it was Soane’s personal advertisement, showcasing himself as an antiquarian, collector and architect familiar with the classical world. What details on the façade of the

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#OnThisDay 85 years ago, Sir John Soane’s Museum faced its biggest moment of peril! On the night of the 24th-25th September 1940, during World War II, an incendiary bomb flew through the window of the Library-Dining Room at No.13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Hear from Helen Dorey, Deputy Director and Inspectress of Sir John Soane’s Museum, as she shares this incredible story and shows the preserved tailfin of the bomb from the Museum’s archive. What’s most extraordinary is that we have two surviving ac

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Exciting news: Sir John Soane’s Drawing Office has been restored and will open to public tours for the first time! ✍️🎉 The Drawing Office is the oldest surviving example of its kind and was the creative heart of Soane’s home on Lincoln's Inn Fields. Here, Soane’s draughtsmen and pupils worked on his architectural projects, inspired by his extensive collection. During the restoration, over 200 works were removed, cleaned and reinstalled. Columns were realigned, bookcases and stained glass reinst

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Will you be visiting Sir John Soane’s Museum in 2026?🏛️✨ Explore the collection of regency era architect Sir John Soane, who filled his home at Lincoln’s Inn Fields with an incredible array of antiquities, artwork, sculptures and books – completely free to visit! #SoaneMuseum #ThingsToDoInLondon #whatsonlondon #Architecture #londonmuseum | Sir John Soane's Museum

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Step into the magical Breakfast Room at Sir John Soane’s Museum with Director @wgompertz ✨ Over 100 mirrors turn this compact room into a space full of unexpected reflections and shifting views. Even on the gloomiest of days in London, the atmosphere is constantly shifting, keeping your senses on their toes! How many mirrors can you spot on your visit? 👀🪞 #soanemuseum #discoverlondon #londonmuseums #londonhistory #architecture #whatsonlondon | Sir John Soane's Museum

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18th-century Venice in the heart of Sir John Soane’s Museum 🖼️✨ The beautiful ‘Riva degli Schiavoni’ by Canaletto is a visitors favourite – and one of Director Will Gompertz's favourites too! The largest of three Canaletto's purchased by Soane, this painting depicts an almost photographically-rendered view of the famous promenade of Venice. Hung opposite the Picture Room door and visible from the Dome, its size and exquisite detail make it feel less like a painting and more like a window onto t

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180 years ago, one of Britain's greatest architects had a vision. That vision became Sir John Soane's Museum, today open for all to visit. Find out more at www.soane.org Video by Cultureshock Media | Sir John Soane's Museum

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Visitor Assistant Jonty Stern talks about the sarcophagus of Seti I in the Crypts, and decodes some of the complex heiroglyphics and stories that can be found carved into it. Book your free timed ticket to the Museum at www.soane.org/tickets | Sir John Soane's Museum

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Virtual Tours: “Sir John Soane’s Museum – London” – “Spectacular Imagery”

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In our eyes, this is truly one of London’s best-hidden gems 🤩 📍 Sir John Soane's Museum, WC2A 3BP | Secret London

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Meet the Soane's first Artist-in-Residence, Sam Belinfante! 🎨🎥 An audio-visual artist, Sam has been busy recording performances around the Museum. Based in Sir John Soane’s newly restored Drawing Office, he describes working in this unique space, following in the footsteps of Soane’s pupils: “I like to think about the mess, the charcoal, the smells, the candles, and the activity, but the pedagogical aspects too, the teaching, the crits, the disagreements!” 📚 Here, Sam tells us all about how t

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The history of the houses in 30 seconds! @wgompertz takes us through the fascinating history of Sir John Soane's iconic buildings on Lincoln's Inn Fields, which make up Sir John Soane's Museum 🏛️ #soanemuseum #whatsonlondon #LondonHistory #Architecture #DiscoverLondon | Sir John Soane's Museum

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If you are in London, discover the extraordinary Sir John Soane's Museum, one of the greatest English architects, who built and lived in the house two centuries ago. The museum has been kept as it was at the time of his death in 1837, and displays his vast collection of antiquities, furniture, sculptures, architectural models and paintings. The museum is now open to public tours for the first time in its 200-year history. This wonderful museum holds a collection of 45,000 objects, and 30,000 arc

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Our second 2025 Jerwood Artist in Residence has been busy drawings some of his favourite spaces in the Museum this month!✍️ Mohammed Qasim Ashfaq shares with us how this residency is encouraging him to learn to look again and draw with more reason, and how he is inspired to create compositions from the objects Sir John Soane has curated, in his own signature style in graphite. Interested in making this your office next year? Jerwood Artist in Residence Applications for 2026 will open soon, so wa

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Everywhere you look, you’ll see new and mesmerising details among the collection✨ Sir John Soane designed his home at Lincoln’s Inn Fields not just as a residence, but as a display of his architectural vision – every surface carefully crafted to bring his vast collection to life for visitors. Whether it’s the playful use of natural light flooding in through stained glass, shadowy nooks hiding artefacts or dramatic sweeping staircases lined by paintings, Sir John Soane’s Museum is a treasure trov

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A room full of gothic gargoyles and the ghostly presence of Padre Giovanni… 👻 Director Will Gompertz shares the story behind the spookiest room in the Museum – the Monk’s Parlour. As a neoclassicist architect working during the gothic revival, Soane wanted to both satirize the rising fashion for Gothic antiquarianism but also show potential clients his willingness to create picturesque arrangements of gothic art and architecture. We’d love to know what conversations took place around this table

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Step inside Sir John Soane’s Museum (@soanemuseum), arguably the most unique architectural time capsule in London. Once the home of Regency-era architect Sir John Soane, the space is a maze of skylit corridors, mirrored voids, and rooms packed floor to ceiling with plaster casts, paintings, and ancient fragments. Designed as a research resource for students of art and architecture, the museum remains a hub for all looking to step into the past. Talullah Smart, the Museum’s Learning Officer, take

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This is the story of the Sir John Soane's Museum's most treasured possession | BBC Newsnight

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Avete mai sentito parlare della casa più magica di Londra? ✨🏛️ (è gratuita) 📍Il Sir John Soane’s Museum è una vera capsula del tempo nel cuore di Londra. Due secoli fa era la casa dell’architetto visionario Sir John Soane, un luogo dove le pareti sembrano ripiegarsi su se stesse e ogni angolo nasconde una storia. Sir John Soane è famoso per aver progettato la facciata della Banca d’Inghilterra, ed era un gran collezionista. Nel corso di decenni ha riempito la sua casa con ogni tipo di antichit

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