Visitor Information

Group Visits

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Group Visits

The Foundling Museum is a place of national and historic interest as well as a hugely enjoyable and engaging experience. Fostering understanding and continuing the story of the Foundling Hospital is central to the work of the museum, so why not book a group visit for your friends or organisation? For school groups, click here.

Booking a Tour

We welcome group visits, guided or unguided. However as we are a small museum we would like to ensure that you enjoy your visit without feeling crowded, so request that you let us know of your group visit in advance to ensure that your visit does not clash with another tour or event.

Admission for groups of 10 or more: £5 per person. Art Fund members (with a valid membership card) and children up to 16 years old are admitted FREE.

Our Coram Cafe is also offering a special groups menu for groups of 10 people +.

Guided Tours

The Foundling Museum offers informative guided tours for groups led by our experienced guides. Alongside an introduction to the history of the Foundling Hospital, its founder Captain Thomas Coram and the children’s daily lives, the guide will take the group through two magnificent historic rooms: the Picture Gallery and the Court Room, which include many important 18th and 19th century works of art. The tour concludes in the Gerald Coke Handel Room with an introduction to the composer George Frederic Handel and his involvement with the Foundling Hospital. Guided tours last between 45 minutes and an hour, and following their tour visitors are able to view the Museum at leisure. Tours can be tailored for groups with a specific area of interest, please specify when booking.
In addition to group admission each guide costs £50. Our guides can take a maximum of 25 people on the tour. If your group is larger than 25 a second guide can be arranged. Please note that the second tour will start 10-15 minutes after the first has begun.

Please download your group booking form.

Unguided Tours/Self-guided Tours

Unguided groups are welcome to visit the Foundling Museum but please book in advance and provide the following information:

name of group and group organiser
contact telephone number
email & postal address
preferred date and time of visit
number of people expected to visit

All groups should pay the cost of admission at reception on the day of their visit to allow for changes in numbers.

CLOSED ON MONDAYS.
Refreshments Tea, coffee, light lunches and cream teas etc are
available at the Coram Café. Refreshments can be pre-booked by telephoning the Café directly 020 7841 3609

"I would certainly recommend this most highly for any group wishing to visit"

Elizabeth Israel, Group Travel Organiser magazine

The Social History Gallery at the Foundling

The Picture Gallery at the Foundling

Token left by a mother who entrusted her baby into the care of the Foundling Hospital 1741 - 1760