Sir John Soane's Museum Website

This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Sir John Soane's Museum website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

Please see information at Divisional level

See also the Sir John Soane's Museum: Collection Online website in PF 331

See also the Sir John Soane's Museum - The Drawing Office website in PF 444

• Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
• Sir John Soane's Museum, 1833-1833

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Sir John Soane's Museum is a museum of architecture, and was formerly the house and studio of the neo-classical architect Sir John Soane. It holds many drawings and models of his projects and the collections of paintings, drawings and antiquities that he assembled.

The Museum was established during Soane's own lifetime by a private Act of Parliament in 1833, which took effect on Soane's death in 1837. The Act required that No 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, be maintained 'as nearly as possible' as it was left at the time of Soane's death and by and large that has been the case. Towards the end of the 19th century a break-through was made to re-connect the rear rooms of No 12 through to the Museum in No. 13 and since 1969 No 12 has been run by the Trustees as part of the Museum, housing the research library, offices and, since 1995, the 'Soane Gallery' for temporary exhibitions.