The Connecticut Valley Historical Museum offers exhibits detailing the history of the Pioneer Valley from 1636 up to the present.
The Quadrangle | Memorial Quadrangle | Francis Quadrangle | Fort Tompkins Quadrangle | Digital orthophoto quadrangle | Blue Boar Quadrangle |
The foundation-stone was laid for the Queen by Sir John Wenlock, her chamberlain, on 15 April 1448, and the quadrangle was approaching completion when the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses put a temporary stop to the undertaking.
The quadrangle has been described as "One of the best buildings of its kind during the expansion of higher education" by Lord McIntosh of Haringey, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport.
In 1823 he published Observations on the Original Architecture of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford, which was hostile towards changes in the quadrangle of Magdalen College.
Some MSM students, including Roger Beckman, fabricated a makeshift radio station in the dormitories which was unofficially called KMFA, these letters standing for the original four buildings in the Quadrangle residential complex: Kelly, McAnerney, Farrar, and Altman Hall (although it was also known by something else – Kool MF Association).
The building was substantially extended between 1893 and 1905 by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, and with its new "granite cage" front, enclosing the quadrangle, it became the second-largest granite building in the world (exceeded only by the Escorial Palace near Madrid).
Usually held in the quadrangle, recent themes have included School of Rock (2007- including a guest performance by Austrian glam-metal band Gerspunken), Neon Mirage (2005 – Las Vegas) and Circus Royale (2004).