The East Grinstead Museum

When Douglas Hicks was admitted to the specialized burn unit of the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead in April 1945, he became the hospital's youngest 'Guinea Pig.'

Archibald McIndoe and the other doctors in East Grinstead changed the history of the town, the hospital and the lives of the patients he treated.

Opened in 1995, the East Grinstead Museum hosts two permanent exhibitions, one displaying the history of the town, and the other, ‘Rebuilding Bodies and Souls’ pays tribute to the pioneering work at the hospital and the Guinea Pig Club.