Sir John Soane's Museum

About Us

Sir John Soane’s Museum is the idiosyncratic house-museum of the great Neo-Classical architect Sir John Soane (1753 – 1837) and still displays his collection of antiquities, furniture, models and paintings in the same state in which they were left at the time of his death as well as preserving over 30,000 architectural drawings and a fine Library.

In August 1812, work began on the building that was to become Sir John Soane's enduring gift to the nation, Number 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields. 

He designed 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields as his home and as a setting for his antiquities and works of art. After his wife's death he lived here alone, constantly adding to and rearranging his collections.

He established the house as a museum by Act of Parliament (1833) requiring that his romantic and poetic interiors be kept as they were at the time of his death.

Sir John Soane’s Museum, 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3BP.  From Holborn tube take the left exit onto Kingsway.  Take your 3rd left into Remnant Street which brings you into Lincolns Inn Fields.  The Museum is nearly half way along the north side of the Fields.  The main information line for the Museum is +44 (0) 20 7405 2107.