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Founded in 1954 as New Hall, the university's third foundation for women, opening with sixteen students in Silver Street, it was renamed in 2008 to honour founding President Dame Rosemary Murray and a £30 million gift from alumna Ros Edwards and her husband Steve.\n\nA white modernist ensemble of the 1960s by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon — the architects of the Barbican — centres on the Dome, a dining hall roofed by spreading concrete petals, set among gardens and the Darwin family's former Orchard on Huntingdon Road.\n\nNearby on foot · North **Find Murray Edwards College and the closest colleges.**\n\nExplore around Murray Edwards College\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\n52.2142°N, 0.1086°W [Get directions]()\n\nOn the same walk\n\n### Closest to\n*this one.*\n\n[2 min walk **St Edmund's College** North]()[3 min walk **Fitzwilliam College** North]()[5 min walk **Lucy Cavendish College** North]()[5 min walk **Churchill College** West]()\n\nOn a visit\n\n### Don’t *miss.*\n\n1. 01 The Dome dining hall\n2. 02 Fountain Court\n3. 03 Works by Paula Rego and Lubaina Himid from The Women's Art Collection\n4. 04 The Chamberlin, Powell and Bon architecture\n5. 05 The gardens and the Orchard\n\nConnected to\n\n### Notable\n*names.*\n\n- Dame Rosemary Murray (founding President)\n- Tilda Swinton\n- Sue Perkins\n- Claudia Winkleman\n- Dame Barbara Stocking (former President)\n\nBefore you go\n\n#### Visiting Murray Edwards College\n\nThe Women's Art Collection, displayed across the college, is free to visit daily between 10am and 6pm with no booking required; check the official site for occasional closures around college events.\n\nOpening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel.\n\nFounded\n\n1954\n\nArea\n\nNorth — Huntingdon Road\n\nType\n\nCollege\n\nBefore you visit\n\n### Check hours, tickets and access.\n\nCheck opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off.\n\nUpdated\n\nDate unavailable\n\nBy\n\n[Above Guide Editorial Team]()\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk ↗]()\n- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗]()\n\n[Report a correction]()\n\nKeep exploring\n\n### Where to\n*next.*\n\n[All colleges]()[Neighbourhoods]()[Things to Do]()" }