Foundling Voices

A celebration of one of Lyme Regis's famous sons.

Celebrating the link between Lyme and the Foundling Hospital, established by the distinguished son of Lyme Thomas Coram, the exhibition focuses on oral history recordings. You can hear the voices of former pupils of the Foundling Hospital recounting their stories of life before, during and after their time in the institution. Stories range from the heartbreak of leaving their foster family, to laughter of recalled childhood mischief; from the excitement and fear of going out into the world at the age of fourteen, to meeting unknown brothers and sisters and finding love and happiness with families of their own.

To accompany the exhibition the museum has an animated film about the life of Thomas Coram by local Woodroffe School student Donna Wiscombe.

This touring exhibition from London’s Foundling Museum will be in the ground floor gallery from 21 April to 31 May 2011.