The South Drawing Room, 13, Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Study Groups, Lectures & Tours

Saturday Lecture Tour

A member of the curatorial staff gives a lecture tour of the Museum to members of the public at 11am on Saturday mornings. There is a small charge of £5 and the tickets are available to the first 20 people after 10.30. Students and children are free.

We regret that advance bookings cannot be accepted. Inevitably there are many more visitors than there are places on the tour and we regret any disappointment caused for those unable to go on the tour.

The Soane Museum Study Group

The Soane Museum Study Group was founded in the autumn of 1995. It was conceived as a forum for the presentation of new research on all periods of architectural history, with a particular focus on 'work in progress'. The audience is an invited, academic one and the meetings - held every six weeks - are usually full (between 40 -50 people). For more information please contact Bethany Kingston, Education Manager on +44 (0) 20 7440 4254.

Forthcoming Events

The Annual Soane Lecture

The annual 'Soane Lecture' was inaugurated in March 1996 when Dr David Watkin of the University of Cambridge gave a public lecture on 'Sir John Soane: Enlightenment Thought and the Royal Academy Lectures' at the Royal College of Surgeons, in Lincoln's Inn Fields just opposite the Museum. Since then the lectures have been given by Dr William Curtis (1997); Professor James Ackermann (1998); Charles Jencks (2000); Brian Lukacher (2001); Marcus Binney (2002); Professor Joe Mordaunt Crook (2003), Dr Robin Middleton (2004); Professor John Wilton Ely (2005) and Dr Frank Salmon (2006).

Forthcoming Annual Lecture

The museum publishes a Newsletter which is available on this site.

Special 'Study Visits' for Groups

Due to the redevelopment of our education space we will be unable to offer this service until May 2008. For more information please contact Bethany Kingston, Education Manager on +44 (0) 20 7440 4254.

Public Lecture Tours

There is a public lecture tour for the first 20 people each Saturday morning at 11am. This is given by one of the curatorial staff and includes the Model Room, normally only open on request.

Drawing Classes

The Museum runs a series of Art Workshops follow this link for more information.

Lunchtime Talks

The Museum holds two annual series of lunch-time 'Gallery talks' (four in each series) in which the members of the curatorial staff lead tours tracing particular themes in the Museum's collection. These lecture tours are open to any member of the public and have been fully subscribed. The Museum aims to show participants not just objects on display but also items from Soane's collection of 30,000 drawings and 10,000 books not often seen by the public.