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HISTORY

Time Line

1838
The Manchester School of Design opens

1850s
The Manchester School of Design becomes The Manchester School of Art

1893
Walter Crane takes up post as Director of Design

1895
The Adoration of the Magi tapestry by Edward Burne-Jones given to the gallery

1898
The Arts and Crafts Museum of the Manchester Municipal, the Textile Court, opens

1905
L.S. Lowry studies evening classes at the School of Art under Adolphe Valette

1908
The Work of William Morris exhibition held in the gallery

1945
Third Pan-African Congress held in School of Art building

1960s
Chatham building constructed

Old photograph of the Holden Gallery