Shedding new light on drawings held in the Museum's collections, in this fascinating talk Rory Lamb paints a picture of James Playfair, an architect with a particular vision for Scottish architecture.
Join two Soane experts – former director Bruce Boucher and deputy director Helen Dorey – as they shine a light on the key strands in Soane’s collection and what they reveal about both the man and the psychology of collecting.
Join us for a very special reading of 'De Civitate Angelorum', a treatise on the city of Los Angeles written entirely in Latin, by its author, Donatien Grau.
Join Assistant Curator of Exhibitions Dr Erin McKellar and architects Nimi Attanayake, Tim O’Callaghan and Hikaru Nissanke for an online discussion about the use of figures in contemporary architectural practice, inspired by our current exhibition 'Fanciful Figures'.
Eliza Soane loved gardens and spending time outdoors, especially in the spring. Celebrate the start of Spring with us by making a nature mobile to hang in your window or garden.
In this hands-on workshop for ages 7-11, you will tour the Museum, take part in a variety of arts and crafts activities including making peg dolls, spoon people, creative cut outs and set making.
This talk will explore an illustrated tome of sixteen scenes of London life in 1793, showing a grittier and more exotic side of urban life, away from the fashionable streets, including dromedary rides, street acrobats, and bare-knuckle boxing.
