3 ms·

I highly recommend for those interested and able to visit the John Soane museum discussed here. Its an incredible space with an incredible collection, curated i

I highly recommend for those interested and able to visit the John Soane museum discussed here. Its an incredible space with an incredible collection, curated in a dense but careful way. In many ways the antithesis to the vapid detatchment of the great majority of art galleries and museums of today.

akamaka 10y ago
Thanks for the suggestion! I didn't know this museum existed, and I'll pay a visit as soon as I have a chance.
- iainmerrick 10y ago
  It's wonderful! They have candlelight viewings on winter evenings, those are great. If you can, it's also great to visit during a quiet weekday -- the use of natural light is amazing for such a cramped-feeling building. Edit: the link for candlelight viewings isn't obvious on their website, here it is: http://www.soane.org/your-visit/evening-openings http://www.soane.org/your-visit/evening-openings
ditn 10y ago
Yes absolutely. It's one of the stranger, most fascinating museums in London that I've ever visited.
aecing 10y ago
be sure to visit the hunterian museum(o) at the royal college of surgeons which is just across the street the museum houses a collection of over 300 preserved medical specimens, ancient tools and manuscripts (o) https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/hunterian-museum/ https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/hunterian-muse...
blacksmith_tb 10y ago
Also a short walk away, at University College, is the Flinders Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [1] (and you can see Jeremy Bentham's partly preserved body in a glass case down the hall[2]... 1: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/petrie/ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/petrie/ 2: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/jeremy-bentham http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/jeremy-bentham
theoh 10y ago
Yes, and architecture lives. There's been a recent crowdfunding effort to make CAD models of Soane's Bank of England: http://www.projectsoane.com/ http://www.projectsoane.com/ See also the drawings of Eujin Lim, an architecture student: comics of the Soane museum. Something about the way space is divided in the house lends itself to the panel format: http://cargocollective.com/eujinlim/drawing-soane-s http://cargocollective.com/eujinlim/drawing-soane-s Dulwich Picture Gallery, while a bit inconvenient to get to from central London, is another Soane attraction: http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/about/our-architecture/ http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/about/our-architectu... Soane is part of a vigorously individualistic tradition in London's architecture culture that is still pretty strong. Zaha Hadid, Peter Cook, Peter Salter, Libeskind, Koolhaas. It's THE rabbit hole to fall down if you like buildings, drawing, complexity, spatial experience.

akamaka 10y ago

Thanks for the suggestion! I didn't know this museum existed, and I'll pay a visit as soon as I have a chance.

iainmerrick 10y ago
It's wonderful! They have candlelight viewings on winter evenings, those are great. If you can, it's also great to visit during a quiet weekday -- the use of natural light is amazing for such a cramped-feeling building. Edit: the link for candlelight viewings isn't obvious on their website, here it is: http://www.soane.org/your-visit/evening-openings http://www.soane.org/your-visit/evening-openings

ditn 10y ago

Yes absolutely. It's one of the stranger, most fascinating museums in London that I've ever visited.

aecing 10y ago

be sure to visit the hunterian museum(o) at the royal college of surgeons which is just across the street the museum houses a collection of over 300 preserved medical specimens, ancient tools and manuscripts (o) https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/hunterian-museum/ https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/hunterian-muse...

blacksmith_tb 10y ago

Also a short walk away, at University College, is the Flinders Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology [1] (and you can see Jeremy Bentham's partly preserved body in a glass case down the hall[2]... 1: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/petrie/ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/petrie/ 2: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/jeremy-bentham http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/jeremy-bentham

theoh 10y ago

Yes, and architecture lives. There's been a recent crowdfunding effort to make CAD models of Soane's Bank of England: http://www.projectsoane.com/ http://www.projectsoane.com/ See also the drawings of Eujin Lim, an architecture student: comics of the Soane museum. Something about the way space is divided in the house lends itself to the panel format: http://cargocollective.com/eujinlim/drawing-soane-s http://cargocollective.com/eujinlim/drawing-soane-s Dulwich Picture Gallery, while a bit inconvenient to get to from central London, is another Soane attraction: http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/about/our-architecture/ http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/about/our-architectu... Soane is part of a vigorously individualistic tradition in London's architecture culture that is still pretty strong. Zaha Hadid, Peter Cook, Peter Salter, Libeskind, Koolhaas. It's THE rabbit hole to fall down if you like buildings, drawing, complexity, spatial experience.