Established in 18th Century London, the institution was designed for children who could no longer be cared for by their often desperate parents. With the original Foundling Hospital overwhelmed ...

“By the time I was born in the Mile End Hospital in east London my mother had applied to the Foundling Hospital to admit me,” ...

Photograph:London Museum of Water & Steam In Bloomsbury, the Foundling Museum works to bring historic stories of children in care to light on the grounds of a 1700s ‘foundling hospital’ for ...

Opened in 2004 on the site of the original Foundling ... century London’s most fashionable venues, and continues to be a source of revenue for Coram, the charity continuing the hospital ...