The Soane Museum is the extraordinary house of Sir John Soane, one of the greatest English architects, who built and lived in it more than a century and a half ago.

It displays his collection of antiquities, furniture, sculptures, architectural models, paintings – including work by Hogarth, Turner and Canaletto– and over 30,000 architectural drawings.

It’s a vast, extraordinary collection, full of curiosities and surprises.On the first Tuesday of every month, they open from 18:00 to 21:00 by candlelight.The first 200 people in the queue from 17:30 will receive entry, so please arrive early.