MMU’s special collections are central to the artistic culture and teaching of the faculty and have been since its foundation as the Manchester School of Art in 1853. The collection holds a great range of unique source material held at the Sir Kenneth Green Library, including: the Children’s Book Collection; the Manchester School of Art Collection; the Manchester Society of Architects’ Library; the Mary Butcher Collection of Baxter Prints; the Poster Collection; the Schmoller Collection of Decorated Papers; and Victorian Ephemera. The North West Film Archive preserves the history of the region in moving pictures.