Cuckfield Museum
The Museum is now CLOSED for winter maintenance.
We will re-open on SATURDAY 14th FEBRUARY 2026.
If you would like to contact us in the meantime
please email info@cuckfieldmuseum.org
Post Haste: Cuckfield Museum’s new Spring display
opening on Feb 14th
will look at the way postal deliveries were organised in days gone by.
From ever-faster mail coaches to the coming of the railway, speed was of the essence!
Cuckfield Museum opened in 1981 as an independent museum where
we aim to provide an insight into
Cuckfield’s community, culture and historic past stretching back
to pre-history when dinosaurs roamed the area and where, millions of
years later, the settlement of Cuckfield was established.
The Museum holds a large collection of postcards and photographs
relating to Cuckfield and its people. Here is a small sample.
An Extraordinary Man
In 2025 our Armistice Display was remembering Sgt Clifford Grigg in a new exhibition: ‘An Extraordinary Man’.
The father of our former steward Mary Watts, he was not only a despatch rider in the Royal Sussex Regiment but later joined the Royal Army Medical Corps – throughout he showed extraordinary courage which was recognised when he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Order of the Oakleaves.
…. And So to Bed
As autumn approached and the nights drew in, Cuckfield Museum took a light-hearted look at what people used to wear for bed, various ways of keeping warm, and advertising that promoted products for a good night’s sleep.
Follow the links at the top of the page to find out more about our Collection and Permanent Displays. As well as a sample of Cuckfield’s Heritage.
We are run entirely by volunteers and rely solely on donations from our supporters and members. See here for how you can help us. If you’d like to donate an object to the Museum, please complete our Object Donation Enquiry form which can be found here.
A number of Loan Boxes are available for schools. And we run a programme of Talks and Events throughout the year. Click on the Outreach tab for more information on these and other outreach activities.
Our normal opening
hours are:
Wednesday to Saturday
10am till 12.30pm.
Or by appointment.
You can find us at:
Queen’s Hall, High Street, Cuckfield RH17 5EL
Or contact us on 07857-815880 info@cuckfieldmuseum.org
Admission is free but, as the Museum is solely funded from voluntary contributions, donations are welcomed.
Or join us as a Friend or Patron
Cuckfield Museum opened in 1981 as an independent museum where we aim to provide an insight into Cuckfield’s community, culture and historic past stretching back to pre-history when dinosaurs roamed the area and where, millions of years later, the settlement of Cuckfield was established.
We have come a long way from our early beginnings. The basis of the Museum’s collection is derived from the banker and local philanthropist Richard Bevan (1834-1918), who was the leading instigator of the building of the Queen’s Hall in celebration of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The Bevan family bequeathed to Cuckfield a number of items from Horsgate, the house built for them in 1865.
Please browse our website for a flavour of what is on offer at the Museum.
