Insights | Sir John Soane's Museum

‘Blue stars and white, and blood-red light’: Fireworks in Georgian Britain

Produced as a companion to Georgian Illuminations, this online exhibition explores the origins, technologies and uses of fireworks in the Georgian period.

A new critical edition cum catalogue of the Book of Architecture of John Thorpe

A guest blog by Dr. Manolo Guerci, introducing his important research into a rare and special tome from the Soane's collection, containing hundreds of drawings by legendary 16th and 17th century architect John Thorpe.

New documentary explores Sir John Soane’s collection of Indian calligraphy and paintings

Dr. Ursula Weekes, who is currently cataloguing Soane’s collection of works by Persian and Mughal artists, presents a fascinating introduction to these remarkable masterpieces, including an interview with historian William Dalrymple.

Hell in the Library: Soane and the works of Dante

To mark the 700th anniversary of the death of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri and the closing weeks of Pablo Bronstein: Hell in its Heyday, this blog will look at the various editions of Dante’s epic poem La Divina Commedia in Soane’s library, concentrating on the first part of the poem, the Inferno, which describes Dante’s journey through Hell.