The Museum

Sir John Soane (1753-1837) was one of England's greatest architects. Soane designed his own house on Lincoln's Inn Fields, a building of outstanding originality with its picturesque vistas and inventive handling of light and space. He filled it with a remarkable collection of art, sculpture, books, drawings and models. According to his instructions, and protected with an Act of Parliament, the house became a public museum after his death for the benefit of 'students and amateurs of art and architecture'. The collection includes paintings by Hogarth, Canaletto, Turner and Reynolds; antique sculpture; plaster casts; architectural models and an Egyptian sarcophagus. The objects are arranged in a labyrinth of top-lit spaces decorated with hundreds of mirrors.

For more information on the Museum and on Sir John Soane, please explore the main Museum website, www.soane.org