Formed in 1996, the Gerald Coke Handel Foundation administers the endowment that accompanies the Gerald Coke Handel Collection and assists the Foundling Museum with the care of the Collection, which came to the Museum through the Government’s Allocation in Lieu scheme. The Board is comprised of eight members, including two trustees nominated by the Handel Institute, and one trustee nominated by the Foundling Museum; five independent trustees are appointed from persons responding to advertisements as vacancies arise.
The Company’s objectives are to advance public education by providing research facilities for academics, musicologists, musicians, students, writers, researchers and all those interested in the life and work of Handel, his associates and contemporaries, the musical environment of his time, the printing and publishing of music in the eighteenth century, and related subjects.
Contact the Foundation via the Secretary at handel@foundlingmuseum.org.uk
The Foundation is a registered charity (no.1058589)