Past Exhibitions & Projects

This was a programme of live and digital events curated by children’s author and illustrator, Lauren Child CBE.

This exhibition showed works from Quentin Blake in two emotive series, Children and Dogs, and Children, Birds & Dogs.

The second in our series I'm Sent To Find, If Fortune's Kind, this display explored the life of one of the few foundlings of colour.

Jonny Banger, designer and owner of subversive fashion label Sports Banger, showed the work he gathered from the nation’s children during lockdown.

In this landmark project renowned artists give 25,000+ looked-after children visibility after 280 years, commemorating the lost faces of children given into care between 1741-1954.

Discover the life and work of Richard Leveridge, a leading singer on the 18th-century London stage.

This first display in our series I'm Sent To Find, If Fortune's Kind, reveals the curious story of two twins admitted to the Hospital on Christmas Day in 1767.

Rediscover Clare Twomey's installation Exchange with our #kindnesscup campaign.

Care leavers draw upon their personal experiences in this short film made during lockdown

A major exhibition exploring representations of the pregnant female body through portraits over 500 years.

Created by care leavers, this installation explores identity, belonging and life in care.

A small display of contemporary works of art from the Foundling Museum Collection.