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All at Sea, Memories of a Coram Boy by Gordon Aspey

'An astonishing forthright biography from one of the last Thomas Coram foundlings. Gordon's life, a resounding success story, is a very good read indeed; the book is difficult to put down' - Loulou Brown, Editor

An Introduction to the Tokens at the Foundling Museum, by Janette Bright & Gillian Clark

A newly-published, much-anticipated book which explores the tokens in the Foundling Hospital collection. Tokens were left as identifiers - they were not gifts for the children, keepsakes or love tokens, as has often been stated. They were official 'documents' - easily recognisable items that could be used to prove the identity of an infant if the parent or parents found themselves in circumstances to take it back.

Coram Boy (Playscript)

This script is the dramatisation of Jamila Gavin's Whitbread Award-winning novel Coram Boy. Premiered in the Olivier at the National Theatre, London, Helen Edmundson's adaptation follows in the footsteps of her award-winning work for the Shared Experience Theatre Company.

Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin

Set in eighteenth century England, the award winning Coram Boy charts the lives of several fortunate and unfortunate young people of the day, whose stories become linked to the Foundling Hospital.

Eighteenth-Century Letters and British Culture by Clare Bryant

This book presents a wide ranging study of letter-writing in the eighteenth century, exploring epistolatory forms and practices in relation to important areas of British culture.

Foundling Museum Guidebook

The Foundling Museum Guidebook can be used to enhance your visit to the museum or it can be read and enjoyed independently.

Giuseppe Fioroni, Myths, Fairy Tales, Reality and Illusion

A catalogue of the 2008 exhibition held at the Foundling Museum which featured the colourful works by Italian artist Giuseppe Fioroni.

Guercino: St Francis Recovered by Sir Denis Mahon, Francesco Gonzales and Rossana Vitiello

This book was produced for the Guercino: St Francis Recovered exhibition which featured the painting 'Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata' at the Foundling Museum in 2006/7. It contains images and essay based on the restoration project.

Handel (Master Musician Series) by Donald Burrows

George Frideric Handel was a defining figure of the late Baroque era, shaping its music for the theatre in much the same way J.S. Bach dominated the writing of music for use in church. Perhaps best known for bringing the oratorio form to an English-speaking audience with masterworks such as Messiah, Handel also had a distinguished career, as a composer of Italian operas, and furthermore found time to influence the development of orchestral music by writing such works as the Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks.