TheArts and Crafts Lyceumin Recife was built between the years of 1871 and 1880, to serve as the base for the School of Crafts (Escola de Ofícios) run by the Pernambuco Society of Mechanical and Liberal Arts, founded in November 1836 and inauguratedin 1841.

The first official records of a request for the creation of a Lycée (a facility where the teaching of high school and/or vocational education takes place) in the province of Alagoas came from its president, Manoel Lôbo de Miranda Henriques who, on 1st December 1831.

Created by the Liceu de Artes e Ofícios do Recife (Recife School of Arts and Crafts), this collection began from an art gallery inaugurated at the School in 1887, which was later transformed into the institution’s art museum.