Tag Archives: Foundling Museum
Join in singing the Hallelujah Chorus in Brunswick Square
Get involved in this flashmob choir in Brunswick Square and experience the joy of voices raised together in song. The Foundling Museum invites you to be part of something special: a joyful, participatory choral event celebrating the enduring legacy of the Messiah to the Foundling Hospital and the extraordinary power of collective music-making. In partnership […]
Bird song in Bloomsbury
Chris Watson, Handel Fellow at the Foundling Museum, recorded bird song in the squares and gardens around the Foundling Museum in Brunswick Square on International Dawn Chorus day on 4 May. He played some sounds and spoke about the project on the Today programme on Radio 4. His idea is to compare the sounds of […]
Emma Woodhouse and ‘The Children in Brunswick Square’
In Jane Austen’s novel Emma, Brunswick Square is commended as a airy and healthy place to live. Although the next-door Foundling Hospital is not mentioned there are many references to parentless children throughout the book. Professor Laurie Kaplan will talk about this interesting aspect of the novel at the Foundling Museum on Saturday 8 June at […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 