Past Exhibitions & Projects

26 writers were paired with 26 objects for a special display exploring the Foundling Hospital story.

Award-winning composer Luke Styles created a new Foundling Anthem as the Museum’s first Composer-in-Residence.

This exhibition revealed how babies and children inspired modernist sculptor Jacob Epstein, and explores his unconventional family life in Bloomsbury.

Children from Great Ormond Street Hospital created rosettes with messages of hope and their wishes for their future.

Students and lecturers from the Jewellery Design course at Central Saint Martins developed new work exploring the Museum's Collections

This exhibition told the story of an eminent Georgian physician and patron of the arts, Dr. Richard Mead, who pioneered innoculation and helped create the Foundling Hospital

A sound installation created by Chris Watson and young care leavers based on the dawn chorus experienced by Foundling Hospital pupils.

A striking visual exploration of fostering and adoption in popular culture by Foundling Fellow Lemn Sissay.

This major research project examined the Foundling Hospital’s historic links with the military from the Napoleonic Wars to the twentieth century.

Progress brought together contemporary responses to Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress', by David Hockney, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Grayson Perry and Jessie Brennan.

14-21 year-olds shared their experiences of growing up in care in this unique audio exhibition.

Young people from Camden Pupil Referral Unit made work inspired by the story of the Foundling Hospital.