Today, we hear from two great champions of the Foundling Museum – director Caro Howell and writer and artist Lemn Sissay MBE – as we explore tokens and identity.

Presented by Kathleen Palmer, former Curator of Exhibitions and Displays at London’s Foundling Museum.

Written and produced by Minnie Scott with Louis Mealing.
Music by Ben Jacob.
Audio production by Will Jacob.

Interviewees:
Caro Howell has been Director of the Foundling Museum since 2011. In May 2023 she is taking up the role of Director-General at the Imperial War Museum. View the token Caro chose here.

Lemn Sissay MBE, award winning writer, artist and broadcaster, and Foundling Museum trustee. View the token Lemn chose here.

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The tokens are your passport to Georgian London in our online exhibition, Tokens of History. Discover different facets of eighteenth-century society, guided by nine historians.

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You can see Caro and Lemn’s tokens, along with many others, on display at the Foundling Museum 40 Brunswick Square London, WC1N 1AZ
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sunday 11am – 5pm

Take this Token and Tokens of History are supported by the Woven Foundation, previously the Artisa Foundation, and the Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation.