Past Exhibitions: Year 2018

Marking 100 years of female suffrage, we presented a landmark exhibition highlighting the role of women in the establishment and running of London’s Foundling Hospital

Jodie Carey created three new installations especially for the Museum

The relationship between language and the living world was celebrated in this exhibition of poetry and illustration

This special display presented original illustrations by award-winning illustrator Michael Foreman produced for the children’s book Lucky Button

Curated by Dr Jacqueline Riding, this exhibition explored Georgian attitudes to love, desire and female respectability through the radical paintings of Joseph Highmore

This Autumn we display a series of previously unseen sculptures by acclaimed artist Rachel Kneebone, on display amongst the Museum’s historic Collection

Remarkable women who have shaped contemporary British society choose objects that speak to them from the Museum’s Collection

Discover how Handel’s music was created by female singers in this Handel Gallery display