Timeline
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1870 | Philadelphia Musical Academy founded | |
| 1876 | Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art founded | ||
| 1877 | Philadelphia Conservatory of Music founded | ||
| 1893 | Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art moves into Broad and Pine Streets building designed by John Haviland in 1824 | ||
| 1900 | PMSIA Saturday School founded | ||
| 1938 | Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art becomes the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art and begins to grant academic degrees | ||
| 1947 | Philadelphia Dance Academy founded | ||
| 1949 | Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art becomes the Philadelphia Museum School of Art | ||
| 1950 | Philadelphia Musical Academy begins to grant Bachelor of Music degrees | ||
| 1959 | Philadelphia Museum School of Art receives accreditation and becomes the Philadelphia Museum College of Art | ||
| 1962 | Philadelphia Musical Academy joins with Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, and continues under the name of the Philadelphia Musical Academy | ||
| 1964 | Philadelphia Museum College of Art separates from the Museum to become the Philadelphia College of Art (PCA) | ||
| 1972 | Philadelphia Musical Academy acquires the Shubert Theater (originally opened in 1918) | ||
| 1976 | Philadelphia Musical Academy becomes the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (PCPA) | ||
| 1977 | Philadelphia Dance Academy joins PCPA and becomes the School of Dance | ||
| 1980 | PCA begins restoration and renovation of historic buildings | ||
| 1983 | PCPA introduces School of Theater Arts | ||
| 1985 | PCA and PCPA join to become the Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts | ||
| 1987 | Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts is granted university status by the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education and becomes The University of the Arts | ||
| 1991 | The Shubert Theater is renamed the Merriam Theater | ||
| 1994 | The University opens the Philadelphia Arts Bank | ||
| 1996 | Haviland Hall is renamed Dorrance Hamilton Hall | ||
| 1996 | The College of Media and Communication is founded | ||
| 1998 | The University purchases the 211 South Broad Street Building and dedicates it to Ambassador Daniel J. Terra |
