Meet the Experts: Wet-Nursing the Foundling Babies
Friday 9th October 2026, 3pm-4pm
Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ
£18, £8 online
Friday 9th October 2026, 3pm-4pm
Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ
£18, £8 online
Who nursed the babies brought to the Foundling Hospital?
Throughout history and across cultures people have had to grapple with the problem of what to do if a birth mother cannot feed her own baby. One solution has been wet nurses: the nursing of an infant by another woman. Discover the lives of the Foundling Hospital wet nurses in this talk.
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