- 1869: Fourteen prominent citizens petition the Massachusetts Legislature to provide drawing instruction "to all men, women, and children"
- 1870: Legislation is enacted to make drawing a required subject in Massachusetts public schools
- 1873: The Legislation appropriates $7,500 to establish the Massachusetts Normal Art School
- 1876: Student work exhibited at the U.S. Centennial Exposition is acclaimed by delegations from France, Austria, and Canada
- 1880: MassArt relocates to the historic Deacon House and begins offering post-graduate education
- 1886: The new Massachusetts Normal Art School building is constructed at the corner of Newbury and Exeter Streets
- 1901: The first person of color graduates from MassArt
- 1905: Alumnus and faculty member Albert Munsell develops what has become the world's leading color system
- 1912: Courses are added in psychology, literature, and education theory
- 1924: MassArt becomes the first art school in the country to grant a degree, the Bachelor of Science in art education
- 1929: MassArt is renamed Massachusetts School of Art
- 1930: Massachusetts School of Art moves to its new building at the corner of Brookline and Longwood Avenues
- 1940: Faculty Member Cyrus Dallin's sculpture, Paul Revere, is installed in Boston's North End
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- 1950: MassArt grants its first Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in design and fine arts
- 1957: The first African American is appointed to the faculty: alumnus Calvin Burnett ('42)
- 1959: MassArt is renamed Massachusetts College of Art
- 1969: The Studio for Interrelated Media is founded, one of the earliest interdisciplinary college art programs in the country
- 1969: Courses in environmental design are added to the curriculum
- 1972: The Master of Science degree is awarded in art education
- 1975: The Master of Fine Arts degree is awarded in two- and three-dimensional fine arts
- 1981: The Master of Fine Arts degree is awarded in design
- 1983: MassArt begins to occupy and renovate the eight-building campus at the corner of Huntington and Longwood Avenues
- 1989: The college opens its first dormitory, christened Walter Smith Hall after MassArt's founding principal
- 1992: The college completes a $14,700,000 project refurbishing the Huntington Avenue campus
- 1997: Dr. Katherine H. Sloan, the first woman and tenth president of MassArt, is inaugurated
- 2000: The Dynamic Media Institute is founded, a Master of Fine Arts program focused on new uses of media in communication design
- 2002: The Artists' Residence opens, guaranteeing housing for all first-year students
- 2003: The legislature approves the New Partnership with the Commonwealth, which is a new model for its state funding
- 2007: The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education approves the college's proposal to offer a Master of Architecture
- 2007: Governor Deval Patrick signs legislation changing the college's official name to Massachusetts College of Art and Design
- 2012: Dawn Barrett, the eleventh president of MassArt, is inaugurated.
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