One of joys of the Sir John Soane’s Museum (see p283) is watching visitors’ faces as they enter each room. Their eyes widen, their jaws drop, and they invariably smile at the discovery of such a cornucopia of treasures.
On the outside, this straight-laced Georgian terraced building gives no hint of what is in store. Sir John Soane was one of the founders of the British Museum, and his London home is like Dr Who’s Tardis – it seems to contain more art and antiquities than such a house could possibly hold, much of it in specially made cabinets and display cases.