Image: Foundling Museum, London
The Foundling Museum in London is presenting ‘Voices in the Room’, a small display bringing together ‘Entangled Roots’ by Tamsin van Essen and ‘Through a Glass III’ by Rachel Kneebone. The presentation is located on the museum’s first floor and is scheduled to run from 16 June to 1 November 2026.
The display is described by the museum as an opportunity to view the two works up close. The available information does not provide further details about the materials, dimensions, dates or curatorial relationship between van Essen’s ‘Entangled Roots’ and Kneebone’s ‘Through a Glass III’. It also does not state whether the works have been newly acquired, commissioned or brought together specifically for this presentation.
‘Voices in the Room’ forms part of the Foundling Museum’s exhibitions and displays programme at its site at 40 Brunswick Square in Bloomsbury. The museum’s September 2026 programme lists the presentation alongside ‘300 Years of the ‘Rival Queens’: Handel’s 1726 Opera Season’, a separate display scheduled to run from 30 June to 25 October 2026. The two presentations are not described as a single exhibition.
The Foundling Museum is an independent charity focused on the history of the Foundling Hospital and its collection. Its programme also includes work intended to support the confidence and skills of young people with experience of care, as well as exhibitions and events connected with the museum’s collection and the history of the institution. The published information on ‘Voices in the Room’ does not specify how the two contemporary works relate to that history or to the museum’s wider collection.
Tamsin van Essen and Rachel Kneebone are the two artists named in connection with the display. No additional biographical information, statements or exhibition themes are supplied in the announcement. The presentation is therefore defined by its compact scale, its first-floor location and the pairing of the two named works rather than by a published interpretive description.
The Foundling Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 11am to 5pm, with Mondays closed, according to its visitor information. Adult admission is listed at £14.50, or £13.50 when booked online, with reduced-price and free tickets available. ‘Voices in the Room’ remains on view through 1 November 2026.
