In the depths of winter the early dark nights can be depressing, but they are also a positive thing, for, when the sun sets at 16:00 you can see Sir John Soane Museum in twilight. Soane was an architect who spent his spare time pottering around the world acquiring interesting items, and he thought 12 Lincoln's Inn Fields and the house next door to store them all.
Celebrated for his work on the Bank of England and rooms at Number 10 and 11 Downing Street, when Soane eventualy died, he has collected so much he arranged for an act of Parliament to allow him to bequeth it to the nation, and it remains to this day with items piled n top of each other with barely enough room to breathe.
www.soane.org
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3BP
Nearest Tube: Holborn
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