The Foundling Museum and its workshops help to tell the story of the UK’s first children’s charity and its first public art gallery – the outcome of a centuries-old project designed to care for and educate London’s most vulnerable citizens. Their summer workshops are created to entertain children in the holidays plus there’s BSL options too.

Venue: 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ

Friday 28 July

Family Tree Sculpture

Get playful and experimental with artist Laura X Carle to create a huge collaborative sculpture inspired by a family tree.

Free golden tickets are available for local residents, families in receipt of Pension Credit, Universal Credit, Income Support, Personal Independence Payment and Job Seekers Allowance. We recognise that families have different needs and we welcome everyone.

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The Foundling Museum tells the story of the UK’s first children’s charity and its first public art gallery – the outcome of a centuries-old project designed to care for and educate London’s most vulnerable citizens.

The Foundling Museum’s mission is to inspire change through the power of the arts. Visit us to uncover the incredible story of Thomas Coram’s hospital for foundlings.

The Foundling Museum runs a dynamic, cutting-edge learning programme for all ages.

It delivers ambitious, artist-led projects for young people and marginalised groups, inspired by the power of art to drive forward social change which is at the heart of our 300-year history.

Central to their vision is 18th-century artist William Hogarth, who established a public art gallery within the Foundling Hospital and encouraged artists to donate their work to improve the lives of vulnerable children. They work with talented contemporary artists to animate this powerful story for all young people, from toddlers to young adults.

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