The restoration of Sir John Soane's Drawing Office

After years of extensive restoration, we are delighted to welcome you to Sir John Soane’s Drawing Office, the oldest surviving example of its kind. Deputy Director and Inspectress Helen Dorey and Head of Conservation Jane Wilkinson talk us through the restoration of this unique space and outline its exciting future!

[museumoflosttime]

Thank you for such a focused and patient restoration.

[SpanishEclectic]

This is wonderful! You all deserve to be proud. I love these timeless architectural pieces, which were a 'revival' in the early 1800s. This type of video is so encouraging. This is history intact, in its original space, now restored for future generations to enjoy and understand. Very rare indeed.

[Jude]

Coming in December 2023. Very excited.

[fscott]

It appears that the panels behind the walls were stained and varnished not painted white. How did you come to the conclusion of making them white again?

[MrGylsen]

Was in the area yesterday and we visited the Soane's house, wow, so much on to see, will his office be open the visitors?

[theEdbChannel]

If you could show more details, more objects, and spend less time self congratulating and showing people's faces, that would be useful to the other potential billions of people who could be interested in Sloane's art and collection, but won't be around London for a while, or ever...