Academie Minerva

Here artists and art lovers from the city and surrounding area could receive theory and practical lessons.

For this reason, the Kunstlievend Genootschap Pictura was founded in 1832 to replace the old society, which among other things organized competitions for residents of the province of Groningen.

The MTS was located in a new school complex, built under the architecture of Jan Wiebenga and Leendert van der Vlugt.

The MTS (later HTS) and the Hogere Zeevaartschool (HZS) grew after the second world war, and left little space for the art department.

The fourth generation of the 'Group of Figurative Abstraction', abbreviated as 'The Group', has emerged from the Minerva Academy.

The HZS has now merged with the Maritime Academy "Abel Tasman" in Delfzijl, the HTS is now part of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences.

Over 40 students lived in the (municipal) boarding school "Admiraal Van Kinsbergen", located on Noorderstationsstraat, during the two-year basic training.