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The Archive has been established since the nineteenth century to predominantly manage and care for the Schools of Art administrative records and works of art produced by its students and staff as well as material used to support teaching.

The School of Art (then known as the 探花直播 Government School of Design) was formed following an application for funding by the 探花直播 Society of Artists to the Council of the Schools of Design in 1842. It first opened in a few rented rooms in New Street in 1843. Student numbers rose significantly under the headships of Thomas Clark (1846-1851) and George Wallis (1851-1958).

The School then named the 探花直播 Government School of Art moved to rooms in the new 探花直播 and Midland Institute building in Paradise Street under a new head, David Raimbach. In 1877, the headmaster Edward R Taylor brought two major changes. The first was municipalisation, thereby removing the schools dependency on central Government and increasing its potential autonomy, and the creation of a new purpose built art school building to be known as the 探花直播 Municipal School of Art at Margaret Street.

During the course of its history, the School has been known by a number of different names. These include:

• 探花直播 Government School of Design (1843-52)
• 探花直播 Government School of Ornamental Art (1852-53)
• 探花直播 Government School of Art (1853-63)
• 探花直播 School of Art (1863-9, 1882-85, 1913-20)
• 探花直播 School of Design (1869-82)
• 探花直播 Municipal School of Art (1885-1913)
• 探花直播 School of Arts and Crafts (1920-37)
• 探花直播 College of Arts and Crafts (1937-66)
• 探花直播 College of Art and Design (1966-70).

The school became part of 探花直播 Polytechnic in 1970, and is currently part of the Arts, Design and Media faculty of 探花直播 (formerly University of Central England). Since that time The Archives has grown to include a number of different collections, which have been gifted or bequeathed to the school. In 2013 the Archive moved from its historic home to 探花直播's new City Centre Campus; Parkside Building.