The beautiful ‘Riva degli Schiavoni’ by Canaletto is a visitors favourite – and one of Director @will_gompertz favourites too! The largest of three Canaletto’s purchased by Soane, this painting depicts an almost photographically-rendered view of the famous promenade of Venice🌊

Sir John Soane’s Museum is a labyrinth of small passageways, framing unexpected vistas and clever viewpoints, like portals to other worlds🤩 🌍 What’s your favourite viewpoint in the Museum? 📸: 1,3 @KevinMu/ 2, 4 Matt Clayton

Was exploring the Soane after dark on your 2025 wish list? Well there is still time!🕯️ Join us for our next #SoaneLate and experience the magic of this unique house and collection in a new light. 📅 Friday 28 November, timed entry from 6pm 🎟️ https://t.co/E4c0de3u2S

EVENT: Join C20 President, @SamiraAhmedUK, for our annual Christmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers – Global stories about the buildings that bond us. 🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 - 6.30pm – 8pm 📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St + Online 🎟️ Book tickets: https://t.co/IkxCJpNgs7 For

We’re delighted to be hosting a free Family drop-in event for children and their grownups this weekend inspired by our Soane Medal winner! We’ll be creating critters and characters out of recycled materials -we hope to see you there! 🔗 https://t.co/yzwXU8gR1Q

It was a full house at @royalacademy earlier this week when Dutch artist Madelon Vriesendorp was awarded the 2025 Soane Medal🏅 📺Make sure you subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to find out when Madelon’s lecture is available to watch online: https://t.co/fz7Lx3R3fd

Hidden in the heart of Sir John Soane’s Library are these beautiful illustrations by William Blake✨ We’re delighted to be collaborating with @avant_arte on a series of limited edition prints which celebrate these magnificent illustrations 👉More details: https://t.co/aZYWyoyu5k

🎉 328 years ago this week, William Hogarth was born! 'A Rake’s Progress' is one of Hogarth’s most celebrated moral series. Join a Highlights Tour to have the incredible paintings and their story revealed from behind hidden planes in the Museum by our Visitor Assistants!

Rooms where the sun is always shining ☀️ Even on a cloudy autumnal day like today, Soane’s North & South Drawing Rooms at 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, painted in ‘patent-yellow’glow with warmth and colour. A perfect retreat from the gloomy weather⛅

Announcing the winners of the 2025 Architecture Drawing Prize! ✏️✨ Narrowed down from a record-breaking 200+ entries, see all 15 winners and the special Hand-drawing prize winner here: https://t.co/fTcttHoW7A The prize is co-curated by @MakeArchitects, @SoaneMuseum and #WAF.

Meet our 2025 Soane Medallist, Madelon Vriesendorp: https://t.co/MKsl8uipOv Madelon will collect her award on 18 November at @royalacademy, where she will also deliver a thought provoking lecture that is open to all. 🎟️🔗Join us -

A room full of gothic gargoyles and the ghostly presence of Padre Giovanni… 👻 Director @Will_Gompertz shares the story behind the spookiest room in the Museum – the Monk’s Parlour🕯️

Meet our second 2025 Jerwood Artist in Residence, Mohammed! He shares with us how this residency is encouraging him to learn to look again and draw with more reason, and how he is inspired to create compositions of Museum objects in his own signature style in graphite✍️

These exquisite drawings by Giuseppe Manocchi from the Adam collection in Sir John Soane’s Museum have found new life in the 21st century, having recently inspired our licensing partner Zardi & Zardi's new wallpaper collection! ✍️🤩 Find out more: https://t.co/BpfoPYTdx8

Have you visited Soane’s Drawing Office? ✍️ The Drawing Office would have been heart of Soane’s practice, where his architecture pupils worked and studied every day. What makes this space even more magical is it appears to be floating ✨ 🔗Find out more: https://t.co/vT9ukz8hId

Don’t miss the incredible work of artist Henry Howard RA at Sir John Soane’s Museum! The ceiling of the Library-Dining Room is decorated with a series of paintings by Howard inspired by a scene from John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost🤩 Did you spot these on your visit?

Discover our latest exhibition 'Egypt: Influencing British Design 1775 – 2025'🖼️ The exhibition traces the huge influence of Egyptian style on British architecture and interior design, from the Georgian era through to Art Deco and Postmodernism. 🔗 https://t.co/e9Wp8ypgK6

We are delighted to announce that Dutch artist Madelon Vriesendorp is the winner of the 2025 Soane Medal!🎖️ She will collect her Award and give a thought-provoking lecture at @royalacademyarts on Tuesday 18 November 2025 - we hope you can join us! 🎟️ https://t.co/MBO1JxKaoA

Step into the magical Breakfast Room at Sir John Soane’s Museum with @Will_Gompertz✨ Over 100 mirrors turn this compact room into a space full of unexpected reflections and shifting views. Even on the gloomiest of days in London, the atmosphere is constantly shifting!🪞

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 | 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭: 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝟏𝟕𝟕𝟓 – 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 Explore how ancient Egyptian culture and style has influenced British architecture and design in our latest exhibition. 🔗 https://t.co/Aa6UTUzOCH #whatsonlondon