Sir John Soane's Museum
John Soane built his reputation as a neo-classical architect, and this site was later dedicated to preserving the way he arranged his life’s work. Sir John Soane’s Museum was established during his lifetime by Sir John Soane’s Museum Act 1833, which took effect on his death in 1837, transferring his house and collections to a board of trustees acting for the nation. Soane pursued the long parliamentary campaign to disinherit his son, and he required the museum to be preserved “exactly” in the state it was at the time of his death. The trustees stayed independent on Soane’s original endowment until 1947, after which the museum received an annual Grant-in-Aid through the British Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Restoration work began from 1988, reinstating original colour schemes and object sequences, including Soane’s three courtyards and the column of architectural fragments known as his pasticcio. …
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