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Foundling Museum

The story of Britain's first children's charity, and the artists who funded it.

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Photo by Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Hogarth and Handel were governors and raised money by giving work — which effectively made the Foundling Hospital London's first public art gallery. The tokens left by mothers to identify their children are the hardest and best thing here.

Where
40 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AZ
Nearest station
Russell Square · 4 min walk

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MondayClosed
Tuesday10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday10:00 – 17:00
Thursday10:00 – 17:00
Friday10:00 – 17:00
Saturday10:00 – 17:00
Sunday11:00 – 17:00

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