Foundling Museum Guidebook

The Foundling Museum - An Introduction is an essential guide to the history of the Foundling Hospital, its historical artefacts and its art collection.

This catalogue was written by the Museum's curators and researchers - John Styles, Janette Bright, Gillian Clark - and further enriched by personal testimonies by former pupils of the Foundling Hospital School, as well as beautiful colour photographs of the collection and archival pieces.

Contents:

• Introduction from the Director
• The Foundling Hospital Site
• The Foundling Hospital Story
• Committee Room
• The Staircase
• Picture Gallery
• Court Room
• Handel Gallery
• Artists and the Foundling
• Foundlings on the Edge of Town
• Coram since the 1950s

First published 2014. Revised 2023.