{{Short description|Local history museum in East Grinstead, England}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox museum | name = East Grinstead Museum | logo = East Grinstead Museum logo 2018.jpg | image = East Grinstead Museum.jpg | map_type = UK England Southeast close | established = 1995 | location = East Grinstead, West Sussex, England | type = Local history museum | website = {{URL|https://www.eastgrinsteadmuseum.org.uk/|eastgrinsteadmuseum.org}} }}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|East-Grinstead Sussex Turnpike ticket 1754 from the museum's collection. '''East Grinstead Museum''' is located at Cantelupe Road in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England.
It was established in 1995 in a purpose-built museum constructed with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and local donations. It replaced the town's first museum opened in 1926 in the St Swithun's Church tower under the supervision of the reverend Golding Golding-Bird. The first museum closed in 1955. The East Grinstead Society opened the East Grinstead Town Museum in 1976, using three rooms at East Court. The museum was accredited in 1995 and moved to a new site in September 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Museum and its Trustees |url=https://www.eastgrinsteadmuseum.org.uk/about-us/ |publisher=East Grinstead Museum |access-date=27 November 2022}}</ref>
Notable collections include material relating to the Guinea Pig Club for former plastic surgery patients of the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead during the Second World War, and the associated medical drawings of Mollie Lentaigne.<ref name=":EastGrinsteadMuseum">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastgrinsteadmuseum.org.uk/our-collections/mollie-lentaigne-collections/|title=Discover the Mollie Lentaigne Collection|publisher=East Grinstead Museum|access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=":ITVNews">{{Cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2013-11-14/exclusive-the-woman-who-drew-the-guinea-pig-club/|title=Exclusive: The woman who drew the Guinea Pig Club|work=ITV News|date=14 November 2013|access-date=2 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == {{commons category|East Grinstead Museum}} *{{official website|https://www.eastgrinsteadmuseum.org.uk/}}
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Category:East Grinstead Category:Local museums in East Sussex Category:1995 establishments in England
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