Sir John Soane's Museum

13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, London, United Kingdom
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Sir John Soane, the eminent English architect and designer of the Bank of England, clearly couldn't resist buying anything that might be collectable. His house is now a museum in which you can peruse his phenomenal collection of art and antiquities from around the world. Inside are Monument Court, the Egyptian Crypt and a mock-medieval ruin of a Monk's parlour and cloister. The Picture Room contains several paintings by William Hogarth, and another highlight of the exhibition is the Sarcophagus of Seti I. There are all sorts of fragments of different architectural eras on display, including bits of the old House of Lords. The architecture of the house, especially the lovely coloured skylights, is also worth inspecting.

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