View of rear of building, showing slope of site; The Mackintosh Gallery (also known as the Mackintosh Museum) is the only part of the Mackintosh building open to the general public; all other areas are of the school are only viewable by guided tour. This scale model is on exhibit in the Gallery. Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design, it changed its name to The Glasgow School of Art in 1853. In 1897, work started on a new building to house the school on Renfrew Street. The building was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The first half of the building was completed in 1899 and the second half in 1909. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/6/2012
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