The Foundling Museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, London’s first home for abandoned children and of three major figures in British history: its campaigning founder the philanthropist Thomas Coram, the artist William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel. This remarkable collection of art, period interiors and social history is now housed in […]
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Dulwich Picture Gallery is England’s first public art gallery: it was founded in 1811 when Sir Francis Bourgeois RA bequeathed his collection of old masters “for the inspection of the public”. Winner of Sandford Award .1990, 1995, 2000, 2005.
Bruce Castle Museum
Bruce Castle is a Grade I listed 16th Century manor house in 20 acres of parkland. William Compton – a member of Henry VIII’s court, built the oldest surviving parts of the building which opened as a Museum in 1906 and now houses local history collections relating to the Borough of Haringey. Winner of Sandford […]
Benjamin Franklin Museum
In the heart of London, just steps from famed Trafalgar Square, is Benjamin Franklin House, the world’s only remaining Franklin home. For nearly sixteen years between 1757 and 1775, Dr Benjamin Franklin – scientist, diplomat, philosopher, inventor, Founding Father of the United States and more – lived behind its doors. Benjamin Franklin House, built circa […]
Ben Uri Gallery
Ben Uri Gallery, founded in 1915, is Europe’s only dedicated Jewish Museum of Art, working in partnership with secular and Jewish Museums in the UK and internationally. The gallery and museum is an educational institution dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of all whom it impacts. It embraces a new broad and fully inclusive […]