Past Exhibitions & Projects

Explore newly uncovered stories of African and Asian children in the care of London’s eighteenth-century Foundling Hospital.

A collaborative display of poetry by Yomi Sode and images by Akytom, exploring the concept of radical empathy.

A display of new work responding to the Foundling Hospital's coat of arms, in partnership with Mind in Camden.

This display brings together items reflecting the varied interests and achievements of the polymath Charles Jennens.

An exhibition uncovering the world of superheroes, exploring the representation of foundlings, orphans, adoptees, and foster children.

Stop Tanks With Books documents the lives of Ukrainians dealing with the trauma of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, since 2014.

A display exploring the collaborative process of creating this picture book, featuring original drawings, sketches and ideas.

Discover works created in response to the Foundling Museum’s collection of fabric tokens

Discover the close-knit world of the Georgian music industry, where not what you knew, but who you knew, was of greatest importance.

Discover eighteenth-century foundling and sailor George King, whose first-hand account of the Battle of Trafalgar we are sharing for the first time.

In Ship’s Tack, Ingrid Pollard brings together fragile ceramic sculptures and prints of paper boats, with new textile works.

Visit the Introductory Gallery to discover a display that looks at the stigmas young people who have experienced the care system have felt.