Pippi Longstocking's 100th Birthday

The world famous Swedish children's author Astrid Lindrgren was born on a farm in 1907 and would have been 100 years old on 14 November this year. The Embassy of Sweden and The Foundling Museum are celebrating on Sunday 11 November 2007 (11am - 4pm) with music, an enormous birthday cake, and lots of family fun. Pippi Longstocking will read stories and talk about her friends from Astrid Lindgren's world.

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. Over 3 centuries, the Foundling Hospital cared for 27,000 children. It was also Britain’s first art gallery as artists gave their work so wealthy benefactors would visit and pledge donations to the Hospital.

• Foundling Museum Visitor Information
• Foundling Museum History
• Coram's Fields - Children's Playground
• British Museum Visitor Information
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