Events
The Triumph of Pleasure: Vauxhall Gardens 1729 - 1786
11 May 2012 - 09 September 2012
This summer the Foundling Museum celebrates Vauxhall Gardens with the biggest UK exhibition on the Gardens in over forty years.
Dickens and the Foundling
11 May 2012 - 31 December 2012
Dickens & the Foundling is a fascinating new display at the Foundling Museum that explores the relationship between Charles Dickens and the Foundling Hospital. Six contributors, including actress Gillian Anderson, writer Armando Iannucci and journalist Jon Snow, have selected objects from the Charles Dickens Museum for display in the Foundling Museum.
Handel: Fireworks and Frolics by The Amadè Players
23 May 2012, 18:00 - 21:00
Celebrating Vauxhall Gardens, this concert will include Handel’s famous Music for the Royal Fireworks, originally performed at Vauxhall Gardens in 1749 to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, and repeated four weeks later at the Foundling Hospital.
An Evening at Vauxhall with The English Concert
30 May 2012, 19:00
To coincide with the Foundling Museum's summer exhibition, The Triumph of Pleasure: Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens 1729-1786, enjoy a performance by The English Concert.
