The classic tour of the Museum, our Highlights Tours will transport you back to Regency London, taking you through Sir John Soane’s extraordinary home, left as it was at the time of his death in 1837.
This online exhibition explores the contribution of artists to architectural practice in Renaissance Italy by focusing on the North Italian Album, a volume of drawings in Soane’s collection.
On 14 January 2025, we mark the bicentenary of the death of the architect George Dance the Younger (1741-1825); during his lifetime, an innovative and celebrated architect.
This online exhibition explores J M W Turner and John Soane’s shared aesthetic vision. It outlines their roles at the Royal Academy and their mutual influences, aesthetic sensibilities, and approaches to displaying art.
Talking Buildings celebrates Richard Rogers as more than an architect, creating a vivid and immersive portrait through exploration of his far-reaching influence as a thinker, campaigner, humanist and activist.
This talk details the events that led to the loss of a prominent Soane building in World War II, and which changed the face of the Royal Hospital and the immediate Chelsea neighbourhood, forever.
Join us on a midsummers night for an after-hours tour of the Museum exploring the influence the great playwright had on the life and work of Sir John Soane and the wider background of the Shakespearian revival during the eighteenth-century, and contemporary theatre-going and performance.
On the first Saturday of each month, we explore architecture and the built environment through a variety of topics, often shaped by the interests of the group participating.
