to work at the city docks, including for the Royal Navy at the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard. The curriculum comprised a range of skills including practical geometry, artistic anatomy, and architectural and mechanical drawing. Additionally, the school provided evening classes for local artisans.
==== Portsmouth Municipal Technical Institute and the College of Art ====
In 1894, following education reforms which vested local authorities with control over technical and manual education, the Borough of Portsmouth established the Portsmouth Municipal Technical Institute. Having acquired the school's science and technology courses, the Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and Art (1869-1907) was restructured to become the College of Art.
The College of Art merged with the University of Portsmouth on 1 August 1994, and became the Portsmouth School of Art, Design and Media.
The College of Art (1894-1994) previous names were:
The Municipal School of Art, 1908-1936
Southern College of Art Portsmouth Centre, 1937-1952
City of Portsmouth College of Art, 1953-1964
City of Portsmouth College of Art and Design, 1965-1977
City of Portsmouth College of Art, Design and Further Education, 1977-1994
=== 20th century ===
In 1903, following the enactment of the Education Act 1902, construction began on a site behind the Portsmouth Guildhall. Designed by local architect G.E. Smith and completed in 1908, the building incorporates a combination of Flemish and Renaissance architectural styles. In the same year, the Portsmouth Municipal Technical Institute was succeeded by the newly established Portsmouth Municipal College. Providing a range of further and higher education courses in chemistry and engineering, the college occupied the building together with the College of Art, the Portsmouth Day Training College, and a public reference library. Today, the grade II listed building remains in use by the university and has since become known as the Park Building, having been named after an adjacent urban park known as Victoria Park.
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