The Foundling Museum. Would You Like To Help Children ?

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The Foundling Hospital (formally the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children) was a Children’s Home in London, England, Founded in 1739 by the philanthropic Sea Captain, Thomas Coram. 

It was established for the “education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children.”[1] 

The word “Hospital” was used in a more general sense than it is in the 21st-Century, simply indicating the institution’s “Hospitality” to those less fortunate. 

Nevertheless, one of the top priorities of the committee at the Foundling Hospital was children’s health, as they combatted smallpox, fevers, consumption, dysentery and even infections from everyday activities like teething that drove up mortality rates and risked epidemics.[2] 

With their energies focused on maintaining a disinfected environment, providing simple clothing and fare, the committee paid less attention to, and spent less on, developing children’s education. 

As a result, financial problems would hound the institution for years to come, despite the growing “fashionableness” of Charities like the Hospital.[3]

Engraving of The Foundling Hospital,

Holborn, London, circa 1750.

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“Applicants For Admission To A Casual Ward”.

Artist: Luke Fildes.

Date: 1874.

Illustration from THE VICTORIANIST

The Foundling Museum Web-Site can be found

HERE

FIND OUT MORE.

Where artists and children have 

inspired each other since 1740.

The Foundling Museum,

40 Brunswick Square,

London WC1N 1AZ.

T: +44 (0)20 7841 3600.

The Foundling Museum. Would You Like To Help Children ?

Illustration: THE VICTORIANIST

Engraving of The Foundling Hospital,

Holborn, London, circa 1750.

This File comes from Wellcome Images,

a Web-Site operated by Wellcome Trust,

a global Charitable Foundation

based in The United Kingdom.

Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).

Source/Photographer: WELLCOME IMAGES

This File is licensed under

Creative Commons Attribution

4.0 International Licence.

(Wikimedia Commons)

“Applicants For Admission To A Casual Ward”.

Artist: Luke Fildes.

Date: 1874.

Illustration from THE VICTORIANIST

This Article first appeared in December 2020.

Museum News.

1 December 2020.

Welcome back to the Museum

The Covid Letters exhibition is extended until 

Sunday 11 April 2021.

We are delighted to be able to welcome back visitors to the Museum this December to enjoy The Covid Letters. The exhibition's new closing date of 11 April 2021 will give more visitors the opportunity to view over 200 posters made by young people expressing their lockdown feelings.

Find out more

Online | 36th Annual Conference on Music in 18th-Century Britain.

Catch up with presentations from this year's annual conference from the comfort of your own home.

Enjoy a special YouTube playlist of talks on music in eighteenth-century Britain, including subjects such as small flutes in English music and charitable benefits.

Watch now

Visitor Safety l Plan ahead.

With the reopening of the Museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, we'd like to assure the public that we're adhering to the highest levels of precautions to keep all of our visitors, volunteers and staff safe. To find out what we're doing, visit our website to learn about our procedures and facilities.

Find out more

Shopping | Portraying Pregnancy.

Looking for Christmas present ideas ? 

Portraying Pregnancy, the book written by curator Karen Hearn to accompany our exhibition, is still available to buy. If you're unable to visit the Museum shop, email your name and number to enquiries@foundlingmuseum.org.uk, and someone will get back to you to arrange p & p.

Online | Zoom Backgrounds.

Liven up your video calls with our Zoom backgrounds and bring the Foundling Museum into your own home. View the images, which we've made available to download and learn some fun facts about each of them.

See our selection

From Our Friends | Italian Threads: MITA Textile Design 1926-1976

Until 3 April 2021 | Estorick Collection.

Founded in Genoa in 1926, MITA (Manifattura Italiana Tappeti Artistici) was a celebrated Italian textile firm that earned its reputation by collaborating with some of Italy’s most talented artists and designers. This exhibition reveals the company’s characteristically Italian approach to design.

Find out more

From Our Friends | The Postal Museum Re-opening.

From 5 December | The Postal Museum.

The Postal Museum are re-opening their doors on Saturday 5 December 2020. Enjoy Mail Rail Christmas Ride and other festivities for all the family, and don't miss the last chance to see The Great Train Robbery exhibition.

Find out more

From Our Friends | Dub London: Bassline of a City.

Until 31 January 2021 | Museum of London.

From its roots in Jamaican reggae to how it shaped communities over the last 50 years, the Museum of London’s exciting new display celebrates dub music and its influence on the capital. Entry included with a free museum ticket.

Image credit: ‘A man standing in front of a bank of loud speakers in All Saints Road, Notting Hill, during the Notting Hill Carnival, 21st August 1994’ © Peter Marshall

FIND OUT MORE.

Where artists and children have 

inspired each other since 1740.

The Foundling Museum,

40 Brunswick Square,

London WC1N 1AZ.

T: +44(0)20 7841 3600.

If you have been Forwarded this E-Mail,

and would like to hear from us in future,

you can join our mailing list here.

The Foundling Museum. Would You Like To Help Children ?

This Article first appeared in December 2020.

Museum News.

1 December 2020.

Welcome back to the Museum

The Covid Letters exhibition is extended until 

Sunday 11 April 2021.

We are delighted to be able to welcome back visitors to the Museum this December to enjoy The Covid Letters. The exhibition's new closing date of 11 April 2021 will give more visitors the opportunity to view over 200 posters made by young people expressing their lockdown feelings.

Find out more

Online | 36th Annual Conference on Music in 18th-Century Britain.

Catch up with presentations from this year's annual conference from the comfort of your own home.

Enjoy a special YouTube playlist of talks on music in eighteenth-century Britain, including subjects such as small flutes in English music and charitable benefits.

Watch now

Visitor Safety l Plan ahead.

With the reopening of the Museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, we'd like to assure the public that we're adhering to the highest levels of precautions to keep all of our visitors, volunteers and staff safe. To find out what we're doing, visit our website to learn about our procedures and facilities.

Find out more

Shopping | Portraying Pregnancy.

Looking for Christmas present ideas ? 

Portraying Pregnancy, the book written by curator Karen Hearn to accompany our exhibition, is still available to buy. If you're unable to visit the Museum shop, email your name and number to enquiries@foundlingmuseum.org.uk, and someone will get back to you to arrange p & p.

Online | Zoom Backgrounds.

Liven up your video calls with our Zoom backgrounds and bring the Foundling Museum into your own home. View the images, which we've made available to download and learn some fun facts about each of them.

See our selection

From Our Friends | Italian Threads: MITA Textile Design 1926-1976

Until 3 April 2021 | Estorick Collection.

Founded in Genoa in 1926, MITA (Manifattura Italiana Tappeti Artistici) was a celebrated Italian textile firm that earned its reputation by collaborating with some of Italy’s most talented artists and designers. This exhibition reveals the company’s characteristically Italian approach to design.

Find out more

From Our Friends | The Postal Museum Re-opening.

From 5 December | The Postal Museum.

The Postal Museum are re-opening their doors on Saturday 5 December 2020. Enjoy Mail Rail Christmas Ride and other festivities for all the family, and don't miss the last chance to see The Great Train Robbery exhibition.

Find out more

From Our Friends | Dub London: Bassline of a City.

Until 31 January 2021 | Museum of London.

From its roots in Jamaican reggae to how it shaped communities over the last 50 years, the Museum of London’s exciting new display celebrates dub music and its influence on the capital. Entry included with a free museum ticket.

Image credit: ‘A man standing in front of a bank of loud speakers in All Saints Road, Notting Hill, during the Notting Hill Carnival, 21st August 1994’ © Peter Marshall

FIND OUT MORE.

Where artists and children have 

inspired each other since 1740.

The Foundling Museum,

40 Brunswick Square,

London WC1N 1AZ.

T: +44(0)20 7841 3600.

If you have been Forwarded this E-Mail,

and would like to hear from us in future,

you can join our mailing list here.

The Foundling Museum. Would You Like To Help Children ?

This Article first appeared in December 2020.

Museum News.

1 December 2020.

Welcome back to the Museum

The Covid Letters exhibition is extended until 

Sunday 11 April 2021.

We are delighted to be able to welcome back visitors to the Museum this December to enjoy The Covid Letters. The exhibition's new closing date of 11 April 2021 will give more visitors the opportunity to view over 200 posters made by young people expressing their lockdown feelings.

Find out more

Online | 36th Annual Conference on Music in 18th-Century Britain.

Catch up with presentations from this year's annual conference from the comfort of your own home.

Enjoy a special YouTube playlist of talks on music in eighteenth-century Britain, including subjects such as small flutes in English music and charitable benefits.

Watch now

Visitor Safety l Plan ahead.

With the reopening of the Museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, we'd like to assure the public that we're adhering to the highest levels of precautions to keep all of our visitors, volunteers and staff safe. To find out what we're doing, visit our website to learn about our procedures and facilities.

Find out more

Shopping | Portraying Pregnancy.

Looking for Christmas present ideas ? 

Portraying Pregnancy, the book written by curator Karen Hearn to accompany our exhibition, is still available to buy. If you're unable to visit the Museum shop, email your name and number to enquiries@foundlingmuseum.org.uk, and someone will get back to you to arrange p & p.

Online | Zoom Backgrounds.

Liven up your video calls with our Zoom backgrounds and bring the Foundling Museum into your own home. View the images, which we've made available to download and learn some fun facts about each of them.

See our selection

From Our Friends | Italian Threads: MITA Textile Design 1926-1976

Until 3 April 2021 | Estorick Collection.

Founded in Genoa in 1926, MITA (Manifattura Italiana Tappeti Artistici) was a celebrated Italian textile firm that earned its reputation by collaborating with some of Italy’s most talented artists and designers. This exhibition reveals the company’s characteristically Italian approach to design.

Find out more

From Our Friends | The Postal Museum Re-opening.

From 5 December | The Postal Museum.

The Postal Museum are re-opening their doors on Saturday 5 December 2020. Enjoy Mail Rail Christmas Ride and other festivities for all the family, and don't miss the last chance to see The Great Train Robbery exhibition.

Find out more

From Our Friends | Dub London: Bassline of a City.

Until 31 January 2021 | Museum of London.

From its roots in Jamaican reggae to how it shaped communities over the last 50 years, the Museum of London’s exciting new display celebrates dub music and its influence on the capital. Entry included with a free museum ticket.

Image credit: ‘A man standing in front of a bank of loud speakers in All Saints Road, Notting Hill, during the Notting Hill Carnival, 21st August 1994’ © Peter Marshall

FIND OUT MORE.

Where artists and children have inspired each other since 1740.

The Foundling Museum,

40 Brunswick Square,

London WC1N 1AZ.

T: +44(0)20 7841 3600.

If you have been Forwarded this E-Mail,

and would like to hear from us in future,

you can join our mailing list here.