Past Exhibitions & Projects

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

Remarkable women who have shaped contemporary British society chose objects that spoke to them from the Museum’s Collection.

A display of rare documents that related to Handel’s masterpiece, the opera Giulio Cesare.

Children from Thomas Coram Nursery made lanterns as part of a project exploring children’s experiences at the Foundling Hospital.

Children from Somers Town and King's Cross crafted a brand new piece of theatre inspired by the history of the Foundling Hospital.

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

We displayed a series of previously unseen sculptures by acclaimed artist Rachel Kneebone, on display amongst the Museum’s historic Collection.

This family-friendly exhibition explored how Hetty Feather has brought the history of the Foundling Hospital to life.

Children from Great Ormond Street Hospital made art inspired by Jacqueline Wilson's much-loved book Hetty Feather.

Child’s Play brought together an exhibition of photographs, a symposium and a book by artist Mark Neville, who works at the intersection of art and documentary.

Children from Great Ormond Street Hospital made fortune-telling games to share their hopes and wishes for the future.

This in-focus display explored the treatment and care of disabled children by the Foundling Hospital in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.