This event has finished Took place on: Saturday, 22nd Oct 2016
Free FreeThe Foundling Museum explores the history of the Foundling Hospital, the UK’s first children’s charity and first public art gallery.
The Foundling Hospital, which continues today as the children’s charity Coram, was established in 1739 by the philanthropist Thomas Coram to care for babies at risk of abandonment. Instrumental in helping Coram realise his vision were the artist William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel. Their creative generosity set the template for the ways in which the arts can support philanthropy.
Visitors will also be able to visit the Feeding the 400, an exhibition considering a fundamental yet little-examined aspect of life at the Foundling Hospital – food.Based on new research, guest curator Jane Levi presents the multi-faceted impact that food and eating regimes had on children at the Hospital from 1740 to 1950. This fascinating story is explored through art, archival material, photographs and the voices of former pupils, whose memories of food are captured in the Museum’s extensive sound archive.
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This event has finished Took place on: Saturday, 22nd Oct 2016
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2016-10-22 2016-10-22 Europe/London The Foundling Museum - Free Entry A weekend when the normally paid-for museum is free to visit. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2016/10/22/the-foundling-museum-free-entry-112634 ,,, Meeting point to be confirmedWhat else is hapening in London on 22nd Oct 2016
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