Alistair Hardaker, Sir John Soane’s Museum launches Minecraft Education world, Museum+Heritage, 3 February 2026
Sir John Soane’s Museum has partnered with gaming platform to create world dedicated to architecture and design launched 21 January.
Sir John Soane’s Museum has partnered with Minecraft Education to create a game world bringing architecture and design education to classrooms worldwide.
Soane’s Portals to the Past launched on 21 January 2026 and is Minecraft Education’s first world dedicated to creative thinking, architecture and design. Students can explore a recreation of Soane’s house and visit virtual Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt to discover the cultures that inspired his designs.
The game allows students to study representations of artefacts in the museum’s collection and design their own structures inspired by ancient civilisations that influenced Soane.