MAYOR Stephen Barnett attended the opening of a new exhibition at the town museum to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Archibald McIndoe.

A New Zealander by birth, Sir Archie is internationally renowned for his pioneering work to repair the flame-ravaged faces of airmen injured in WWII.

A collection of artifacts relating to his work, and to the patients he dubbed his Guinea Pigs, has been donated to the museum by the Queen Victoria hospital and will eventually be permanently housed in a new extension.

But in the meantime, a limited selection of items is on public display in a new temporary exhibit - some for the first time.

The occasion was attended by the late surgeons daughter Adonia, who was presented with flowers by museum trustee Dorothy Hatswell.

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