High Museum of Art

Atlanta / Vereinigte Staaten

Das High Museum of Art ist ein Kunstmuseum in Atlanta, Georgia. Das Museum wurde 1905 von der Atlanta Art Association eröffnet. Im Jahr 1983 wurde ein Erweiterungsbau vom Architekten Richard Meier entworfen und später von Renzo Piano errichtet. Die ständige Sammlung umfasst Werke der afrikanischen, der amerikanischen und der europäischen Kunst, insgesamt etwa 11.000 Exponate. Im Museum befinden sich unter anderem Werke von Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Claude Monet, Chuck Close, Dorothea Lange, Gerhard Richter und Anselm Kiefer. Schwerpunkt der Sammlung und der Sonderausstellungen ist Moderne Kunst.

Clark Atlanta University

Atlanta / Vereinigte Staaten

Clark Atlanta University is a private Methodist historically black university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta University is the first HBCU in the Southern United States. Founded September 19, 1865, as Atlanta University; consolidated with Clark College to form Clark Atlanta University in 1988. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".

Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center

Atlanta / Vereinigte Staaten

The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library is a library in Atlanta which serves the four members of the Atlanta University Center, the world's oldest consortium of historically black colleges and universities and the Interdenominational Theological Center. The library, constructed in 1982, is named for Robert Winship Woodruff, former CEO of the Coca Cola Company. In 2010, the library completed a $16.2 million renovation, partly funded by donations from the Coca Cola Company.The library is a member of ARCHE, Lyrasis, OCLC, the HBCU Library Alliance, and is a participant of the Georgia state library network, GALILEO. In 2016, the library won the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries – it was the first HBCU to win the award.

Spelman College

Atlanta / Vereinigte Staaten

Spelman College is a private, liberal arts, women's college in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The college is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman received its collegiate charter in 1924, making it America's oldest private historically black liberal arts college for women.