A fascinating museum that not many people get a chance to see.
In the middle of London’s legal heartland, the 17th century houses that make up Lincoln’s Inn, this museum is testimony to its delightfully eccentric founder, an architect and obsessive collector. It is packed with Egyptian sarcophagus, stained glass from the medieval Palace of Westminster, Greek vases and Roman bronzes but the setting is as important as the exhibits.
Although Soane died in 1832, his will dictated that the collection remain intact and that entrance is free.