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There's still time to order our beautiful Christmas cards online from@artukdotorg. With beautiful designs by, @QuentinBlakeHQ, @CBickfordSmith Michael Foreman, and Angela Barrett, our Foundling Lamb will bring festive cheer to your friends and family. https://t.co/7zVapaH6ol
We're excited that our Christmas cards are now available at @artukdotorg. With beautiful designs by @QuentinBlakeHQ, @CBickfordSmith, Michael Foreman, and Angela Barrett, our Foundling Lamb will bring festive cheer to your friends and family. https://t.co/7zVapaH6ol
Today's #TrafalgarDay & #onthisday in 1805 the Royal Navy gained victory over the French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar. Visit us for #FightingTalkGK to discover the first-hand account of the battle from 18th-century foundling & sailor George King. https://t.co/TQesWoUE2f
Join us for an adventure on the high seas with our October half-term family workshops! Create a ship's lantern, design your own flag, dream up your ultimate boat, or make a ship's figurehead. Find out more and how to book your free places here: https://t.co/1TtnPqPhSd
Create an adorable picture book character in an afternoon with @illustrationHQ and author-illustrator Claire Alexander, a.k.a. @PicBookCourse https://t.co/12bZ5Csk6y
Join us throughout August for our #laurenchildcurates Twitter takeover, where we'll be finding out how books read in childhood have influenced people and what their favourite reads were.
#OTD 1796 Dr Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccination to 8yr old James Phipps. Inoculation was promoted decades earlier & Dr Mead, who helped create the Foundling Hospital, was an advocate of this procedure, which saved the lives of many, including foundlings.
This week's #MyLocalMuseum theme is #TalesFromLongAgo. Our local hero is Thomas Coram! After 17 years of campaigning he finally received a Royal Charter in 1739 enabling him to establish his Foundling Hospital to care for and educate some of London’s most vulnerable citizens.
This year's Christmas cards, designed by @QuentinBlakeHQ CBE, now available via @artukdotorg, references the Museum’s remarkable story through the Foundling Lamb which featured in the coat of arms designed for the Foundling Hospital by Hogarth.
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#OnThisDay in 1697 William Hogarth was born. Hogarth was instrumental in helping Coram realise his vision of the Foundling Hospital, encouraging leading artists of the day to donate work, thereby establishing the UK’s first public art gallery.