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Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Foundling Museum

The story begins in the 1700s, at a time of great social upheaval and the creation - after years of campaigning by Thomas Coram - of the Foundling Hospital - the UK’s first children’s charity. Its radical purpose was to care for London’s most vulnerable children and offer safer, kinder options for mothers facing impossible decisions. Artists and musicians were central from the start, helping to change public attitudes and raise funds to create and sustain the Hospital.

Handel led fundraising  concerts at the Hospital while Hogarth and his peers donated works of art, creating the the UK’s first public art gallery and laying the foundations for a collection of national significance, encompassing art, music and the personal tokens left by mothers. Many regard this as the birthplace of modern cultural philanthropy in Britain.

From 1741, when the first babies were admitted, to 1954 when the last pupil was placed in foster care, the Foundling Hospital cared for and educated around 25,000 children.

We will have a one hour guided tour of the Museum at 11 am and, for those who wish, lunch afterwards, at our own expense. Venue tba.

The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ

Cost £18

Booking opens at the lecture on 17 September and thereafter via
visits.tasch@gmail.com 

Picture credit Will Scott
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Summer Lunch Party

Join us for an Al Fresco Italian themed summer lunch At The Duck & Ball who have a new Italian chef who is geting excellent reviews.

We hope for fine weather but if we are unlucky there is plenty of room inside

Time: Arrive any time from 12.30 for lunch at 1pm

Cost: £32 per person and drinks can be bought at the bar

Bring friends if you wish, plenty of room for all

Location: DUCK & BALL CRICKET CLUB, Riverside Drive, Chiswick W4 2SP

Travel: By car: The Duck & Ball has a large free car park and it just off the A316 Chertsey Road 

By bus: The E3 and 190 buses stop nearby

 TO RESERVE A PLACE email visits.tasch@gmail.com
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Foundling Museum
Tuesday 03 November 2026

The story begins in the 1700s, at a time of great social upheaval and the creation - after years of campaigning by Thomas Coram - of the Foundling Hospital - the UK’s first children’s charity. Its radical purpose was to care for London’s most vulnerable children and offer safer, kinder options for mothers facing impossible decisions. Artists and musicians were central from the start, helping to change public attitudes and raise funds to create and sustain the Hospital.

Handel led fundraising  concerts at the Hospital while Hogarth and his peers donated works of art, creating the the UK’s first public art gallery and laying the foundations for a collection of national significance, encompassing art, music and the personal tokens left by mothers. Many regard this as the birthplace of modern cultural philanthropy in Britain.

From 1741, when the first babies were admitted, to 1954 when the last pupil was placed in foster care, the Foundling Hospital cared for and educated around 25,000 children.

We will have a one hour guided tour of the Museum at 11 am and, for those who wish, lunch afterwards, at our own expense. Venue tba.

The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ

Cost £18

Booking opens at the lecture on 17 September and thereafter via
visits.tasch@gmail.com 

Picture credit Will Scott