Facilities

The Foundling Museum Shop

The Museum’s shop has been expanded in the reception area and now has space to stock more exciting products, from children's toys to collection inspired gifts.  The shop has a selection of books on the Hospital’s history, the lives of the foundling children, as well as Hogarth and Handel. We also sell a range of classical music CDs, postcards featuring the paintings in the collection, greeting cards and posters. The shop accepts all debit and credit cards. We also accept orders by telephone with a small charge to cover postage and administration costs. Please contact us for details.

Telephone: 020 7841 3611

Email: enquiries@foundlingmuseum.org.uk

Here are some of our most popular books!

The Museum Guidebook

£5.99

An excellent introduction to the Foundling Museum, its history and its collections.  Fully-illustrated with archival photographs, paintings, sculptures and memorabilia from the Museum’s collections.

Thomas Coram, the Man who Saved Children

£4.99

A new publication produced by the Foundling Museum partly as a guide to the Museum for our younger visitors.  Packed full of new pictures, paintings, photographs and fun facts – a great way for children to learn about the Foundling Hospital’s history and the contribution of one man in helping to save children.

Thomas Coram, the Man who Saved Children is a must for all children you know!

Coram Boy

£5.99

Jamila Gavin’s award-winning novel, Coram Boy is the story of two eighteenth-century boys, one saved from a slave ship and the other an illegitimate son from a wealthy family, whose lives are intimately linked with the story of the Foundling Hospital. The script of the play Coram Boy, staged by the National Theatre, is also available for sale at the Museum shop.