Sir John Soane’s Museum was on my wish-list of places to see in London for a while. I managed to visit it on our trip this month and it is such a wonderful place. I loved it.
The entrance is free, but there is a wait, as it’s a very popular museum. This is the fascinating house designed by Sir John Soane, an important English architect. He lived in the house and taught his students there. He died in 1837 and the house is exactly as it looked when he was there.
As an architect, he had a vast collection of antiquities, furniture, sculptures, and paintings. The house is like a maze with all sort of small rooms and big rooms, interior yards decorated beautifully. His students were very lucky to be able to study in such a wonderful place. We didn’t book a tour, but I would like to visit it again with a guide, if the opportunity arises.
I would suggest allowing about 2 hours for the tour and a bit more for the waiting time. In January, midweek, we waited for about 45 minutes, so in summer a waiting time of 2 hours shouldn’t be surprising, I would think.
As part of my teacher training, I had to plan a whole half term of work based on a visit here. I love it! The use of light here is incredible!
What an interesting place to visit. I have never heard of it before but have heard of Sir John Soane. There is so much to see inside.
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Oh Anca, I’m so glad you went there. This was one of my favorite places in London. I love a smaller, doable museum that is packed to the gills with fascinating things (like that sarcophagus!). It’s beautifully done. When I was there in 2018, you could not take photos so I’m really glad you were able to — it brings it back so well! What a fascinating fellow. I had to use postcards and wiki images in my post (which were probably better than my photos.) Here’s the link (it’s near the bottom).
Were you able to be there when they opened all the panels of Hogarth’s The Rake’s Progress? We lucked out. And in October, didn’t have a long wait, which was good (and surprising!) Maybe more people are discovering this little gem.
This looks like a fascinating place to visit! The way you described the house sounds exciting, like something out of a mystery novel. I would love to see it in person.
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It is worth seeing, without any doubt.