Name: Tiny Retraces African and Asian Children at London’s Foundling Hospital
Start: 2024-10-18T14:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-18T18:00:00+01:00
Location: The London Archives

$Tiny Retraces African and Asian Children at London\u2019s Foundling Hospital$

A joint event with the Foundling Museum
About this Event

A special chance to see archival material from the Foundling Hospital collection originally selected for the Tiny Traces exhibition, curated by Dr Hannah Dennett. Includes a behind the scenes tour of The London Archives and a special tour of the Foundling Museum’s galleries.

Explore the recently uncovered stories of African and Asian children in the care of the eighteenth-century Foundling Hospital.

Tiny Traces presented a rich history of London life from 1739-1820, a key period in Britain’s colonial past. It followed the stories of more than a dozen children from the African and Asian diasporas through personal items, physical artefacts, works of art and archival documents.

Learn about the circumstances surrounding their admission to the Hospital, including the parents’ lives, the Hospital’s ties to Empire and the wider picture of colonial Britain.

This event includes entry and guided tours around both The London Archives and the Foundling Museum. Please note we will walk between the two locations – this journey will take approximately 15 minutes.