What is Murray Edwards College, Cambridge?
[[File:New Hall porters lodge and dome.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The dome, main entrance of Murray Edwards College]] '''Murray Edwards College''' is one of the colleges of the [[University of Cambridge]], [[England]]. It was created in 1954 with the name '''New Hall'''. In 2008, it changed its name to remember [[Dame Rosemary Murray]], the first President of the College, and the Edwards family which gave £30 million to the college.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/jun/18/highereducation.uk|title=After 50 years as plain old New Hall, Cambridge college gets a £30m donation - and a new name|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 June 2008|accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> Murray Edwards is a college for women only. When it was built, most colleges only accepted men. Therefore, the main aim of New Hall was to increase the presence of women in the University. At the beginning, New Hall was found near [[Darwin College, Cambridge|Darwin College]]. In 1964, the new buildings were made and in 1965 the college moved to today's location, Huntingdon Road, about a mile from the city centre of [[Cambridge]]. It has about 500 students. Murray Edwards has a very big women's art collection, the second largest in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicbritain.com/vendor/newhall.aspx|title=New Hall Art Collection (Cambridge)|publisher=Historic Britain|accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/ Official website] {{University of Cambridge}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Colleges of the University of Cambridge]] [[Category:1954 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1950s establishments in England]]