Sir John Soane’s Museum

The Sir John Soane’s Museum is located in three adjacent properties at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, which are the former house and office of the architect Sir John Soane. Soane was a neoclassical architect, strongly inspired by the ruins of antiquity, which he had studied extensively during the Grand Tour that he undertook as a young architect between 1778 and 1780. In the course of the nineteenth century, the appreciation and attention for Soane as an architect was limited, and the museum was not very successful. In 2011, the museum launched a long-term project Opening Up the Soane, which aimed to restore the historical rooms and improve museum facilities and strengthen the visitor’s experience. The furniture design is strongly indebted to Soane’s furniture, using similar materials such as mahogany and mirrors, but is at the same time clearly contemporary in its detailing.