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Dickens & the Foundling

Dickens & the Foundling

A fascinating new display exploring the relationship between Charles Dickens and the Foundling Hospital. Objects have been selected by contributors including actress Gillian Anderson and journalist Jon Snow.

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Exhibitions

This summer the Foundling Museum celebrates Vauxhall Gardens with the biggest UK exhibition on the Gardens in over forty years.

The Triumph of Pleasure: Vauxhall Gardens 1729 - 1786

The twenty first century public appetite for cultural consumption is unquenchable; but unbeknown to many, mass consumption of contemporary art, popular music...

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Collections

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Britain's first home for abandoned children and London’s first public art gallery.

The Foundling Museum reveals the stories of the Foundling Hospital’s founder Thomas Coram, the artist William Hogarth and composer George Frideric Handel. It houses significant collections of eighteenth-century art, interiors, social history and music.

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