Paid entry. As of July 2025, adults £14.50, 21 & under go free.
Every day but Monday
What it is
Museum tags: History; Architecture; Art; Sculpture; Social history; London history
A moving museum, telling the story of the Foundling Hospital, a children’s home opened in 1739, making it the first home in England specifically dedicated to caring for abandoned and destitute children. It includes objects left by mothers when they handed their baby over, which would have allowed the hospital to match the child to the mother if she returned. There are also artworks, some by Britain’s most prominent 18th century artists such as Hogarth and Gainsborough, which were donated to support the hospital.
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