Museums · London
Foundling Museum
In or near Covent Garden.
Foundling Museum — museum in Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Russell Square · 0.3 km
- Paid entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the Foundling Museum, the nearest railway station is Russell Square, located 0.3 km away. Entry is paid, and the museum is wheelchair accessible. The postcode for sat-nav is WC1N 1PH.
About
Foundling Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2004. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Part of Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.5252°, -0.1217°.
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Heritage listing
The Foundling Museum in Brunswick Square, London, tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first home for children at risk of abandonment. The museum houses the nationally important Foundling Hospital Collection as well as the Gerald Coke Handel Collection, an internationally important collection of material relating to Handel and his contemporaries. After a major building refurbishment, the museum was reopened to the public in June 2004. The museum explores the history of the Foundling Hospital, which continues today as the children's charity Coram. Artists such as William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel are central to the Hospital story and today the museum celebrates the ways in which creative people have helped improve children's lives for over 275 years.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Official information
Telling the story of a ground-breaking eighteenth-century institution, housed in historic interiors on its original site.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Foundling Museum in Brunswick Square, London, tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first home for children at risk of abandonment. The museum houses the nationally important Foundling Hospital Collection as well as the Gerald Coke Handel Collection, an internationally important collection of material relating to Handel and his contemporaries. After a major building refurbishment, the museum was reopened to the public in June 2004. The museum explores the history of the Foundling Hospital, which continues today as the children's charity Coram. Artists such as William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel are central to the Hospital story and today the museum celebrates the ways in which creative people have helped improve children's lives for over 275 years. It is a member of The London Museums of Health & Medicine group.
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Background
History
The Foundling Hospital was established by the philanthropist Thomas Coram in 1739. After 17 years of tireless campaigning, Coram was finally granted a Royal charter by King George II, enabling him to set up the UK's first children's charity in Bloomsbury, London. By the early 1920s the hospital was no longer removed from the pollution of the city; it had been subsumed into central London. The trustees of the Hospital decided to relocate operations to a modern purpose-built facility in Berkhamsted. In 1926, the land occupied by the former Hospital in Bloomsbury was sold off and the building torn down. Between 1935 and 1937 the Thomas Coram Foundation (now known as Coram) built a new…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5252, -0.1217
- District
- Camden
- Parish
- Camden, unparished area
- Postcode
- WC1N 1PH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Established
- 2004
- Annual visitors
- ~40,000/year
- Nearest railway station
- Russell Square — 0.3 km
- Official site
- foundlingmuseum.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5474645 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Foundling Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Foundling Museum -Brunswick Square -London -15July2009.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Foundling Museum?
- Foundling Museum is in London, United Kingdom (postcode WC1N 1PH), in the parish of Camden, unparished area.
- What is Foundling Museum?
- Foundling Museum — museum in Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Foundling Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Russell Square, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode WC1N 1PH.
- When was Foundling Museum built?
- Built or established in 2004.
- Is Foundling Museum a listed building?
- Foundling Museum is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- How do I get to Foundling Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Russell Square, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode WC1N 1PH.
- How busy is Foundling Museum?
- Foundling Museum draws around 40,000 visitors a year.