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Sir John Soane's Museum: Exterior · Sir John Soane's Museum - Joy of Museums, for information see: www.joyofmuseums.com
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Sir John Soane's Museum: Exterior · Exhibit in Sir John Soane's Museum, London, England
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Sir John Soane's Museum: Exterior · Entrance to Sir John Soane's House Museum in LOndon
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Sir John Soane's Museum: Interior · Soane Museum
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Sir John Soane's Museum: Interior · Exhibit in Sir John Soane's Museum, London, England
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Sir John Soane's Museum: Plan · Sir John Soane's House and Museum: plans of the basement and ground floors, showing the heating arrangements
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Sir John Soane's Museum: Drawing · Sir John Soane's House and Museum: the lower model room, at basement levelPhotos unavailable
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Sir John Soane's Museum: Drawing · Title page of "Varii Disegni d'Archiletura" Photos unavailable
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Museum · Historic precedent

Sir John Soane's Museum

John Soane · London, GB · 1824

Key featuresDomes, lanterns and hidden skylights draw daylight down through narrow, layered rooms full of casts.

Architect
John Soane
Place
London, GB
Year
1824
Typology
Museum
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Europe
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