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