Britain's original home for abandoned children and London's first ever public art gallery.
The Foundling Museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, London's first home for abandoned children and of three major figures in British history: its campaigning founder the philanthropist Thomas Coram, the artist William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel. This remarkable collection of art, period interiors and social history is now housed in a restored and refurbished building adjacent to the original site of the Hospital, demolished in 1926.
Open
Tuesday – Saturday: 10.00 - 17.00, Sunday: 11.00 - 17.00
Closed on Mondays
The Foundling Museum
Museum in Bloomsbury
rated 9 / 10 from 1 review
Address
40 Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury, WC1N 1AZ
40 Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury, WC1N 1AZ
Telephone
020 7841 3600
020 7841 3600
Category
Museums
Museums
Region
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
Website
www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk
The Foundling Museum Picture Gallery
Events
Half term Halloween family workshops
Foundling Museum
Tuesday 29th of October 2024 to Friday 1st of November 2024
Self-Made: Reshaping Identities
Foundling Museum
Friday 15th of November 2024 to Sunday 1st of June 2025
Things to Try
User Reviews
Susie
Nov 2, 2023
Lovely museum with very friendly and helpful staff and volunteers. The museum is both about the Foundling Hospital's history but also a gallery displaying artwork including changing exhibitions. Really well presented and it was great to find out more about London's foundlings and their supporters.
Anonymous
Sep 3, 2008
This is my favourite museum in London. It is beautifully presented with paintings and music history and everything is tied together with the story of the children that grew up without their parents in that orphanage, Thomas Coram's Foundling Hospital. You never get bored.