The Valentine

リッチモンド (バージニア州)

The Valentine is a museum in Richmond, Virginia dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond's history. Founded by Mann S. Valentine II 1898, it was the first museum in Richmond. The Valentine offers rotating exhibitions, walking tours, programs, special events, research opportunities and more as a way to engage, educate and challenge a diverse audience. The Valentine also includes the Wickham House, a National Historical Landmark.

ワシントン・アンド・リー大学

レキシントン (バージニア州)

ワシントンアンドリー大学 は、アメリカ合衆国バージニア州の地方都市、レキシントンに位置する1749年設立の私立大学（リベラルアーツカレッジ）。アメリカで9番目に長い歴史を持ち、最初にジャーナリズムの学部を置いた名門大学でもある。ヒドゥン・アイビーの1つに数えられ、ジョンズ・ホプキンス大学、スタンフォード大学、アマースト大学に並ぶ有名な大学である。『フォーブス』の全米大学ランキングによると、2014年は33位。 ロー・スクールを設けており、著名リベラル・アーツ・カレッジの一つ。卒業後にプロフェッショナル・スクール入る割合が多く、ビジネス、法律や医学などの学部課程が有名である。特に医学部進学課程からメディカルスクールに入学する確率がほぼ毎年90%と、平均の大学の50%を大きく超えている。また、ビジネス課程ではゴールドマン・サックス等の一流会社のインターンシップを提供している。 リベラル・アーツ・カレッジのランキングでは毎年トップ1パーセントの上位グループに位置し、ロースクールも上位のランキングに入っている。また、多数のアメリカ国会議員や知事を輩出し、ノーベル医学賞受賞者も出している。 元はオーガスタ・アカデミーという名前だったが、アメリカ独立後にレバティー・ホールに変わり、建国者であるジョージ・ワシントンからの多大な寄付（当時の教育機関に対する寄付としては最高額）と、学長として勤めた名将ロバート・リーによる大学貢献の感謝として、理事会がワシントン・アンド・リー大学に名称を変更した。

Weatherspoon Art Museum

グリーンズボロ (ノースカロライナ州)

The Weatherspoon Art Museum is located at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is one of the largest collections of modern and contemporary art in the southeast with a focus on American art. Its programming includes fifteen or more exhibitions per year, year-round educational activities, and scholarly publications. The Weatherspoon Art Museum was accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in 1995 and earned reaccreditation status in 2005.

Weir Farm National Historic Site

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Weir Farm National Historic Site is located in Ridgefield and Wilton, Connecticut. It commemorates the life and work of American impressionist painter J. Alden Weir and other artists who stayed at the site or lived there, to include Childe Hassam, Albert Pinkham Ryder, John Singer Sargent, and John Twachtman. Weir Farm is one of two sites in the National Park Service devoted to the visual arts, along with Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.Both sites maintain ongoing artist-in-residence programs; to date, the Weir Farm Art Center has hosted more than 150 artists for month long stays at the site. Weir Farm also runs an ongoing "Take Part in Art" program, under which visitors can create their own works on site.Weir Farm was recognized on the 52nd quarter in 2020 as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.

Wells College

Aurora, Cayuga County, New York

Wells College is a private liberal arts college in Aurora, New York. The college has cross-enrollment with Cornell University and Ithaca College. Wells College is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It is about an hour from Syracuse and Rochester and a half-hour drive from both Ithaca and Auburn. It is within the Aurora Village–Wells College Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The college has an average student body of 450, with a student to faculty ratio of 9:1. It has five residence halls and seven academic buildings.

Western Reserve Historical Society

クリーブランド (オハイオ州)

The Western Reserve Historical Society is a historical society in Cleveland, Ohio. The society operates the Cleveland History Center, a collection of museums in University Circle. The society was founded in 1867, making it the oldest cultural institution in Northeast Ohio. WRHS is focused on the history of the Western Reserve. WRHS celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2017.

Fogg Library

ウェイマス (マサチューセッツ州)

The Fogg Library is a historic library building at 1 Columbian Street in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Built in 1897 to a design by Cutting, Carleton & Cutting, the Renaissance Revival stone building serves as a branch of the Weymouth Public Library. It was a gift of local businessman John S. Fogg. It has a steeply pitched gable roof with stepped ends in the Dutch Revival style, and a projecting gable section which houses the entry under a round-arched loggia.The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

Will Rogers State Historic Park

ロサンゼルス

Will Rogers State Historic Park is the former estate of American humorist Will Rogers. It lies in the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, in the Pacific Palisades area.

Witte Museum

サンアントニオ

The Witte Museum was established in 1926 and is located in Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas. It is dedicated to telling the stories of Texas, from prehistory to the present. The permanent collection features historic artifacts and photographs, Texas art, textiles, dinosaur bones, cave drawings, and Texas wildlife dioramas, in addition to nationally acclaimed traveling exhibits. Artwork in the collection includes sculpture by San Antonio-born Bonnie MacLeary.The Witte Museum is named after San Antonio businessman Alfred G. Witte, who bequeathed $65,000 to the city for construction of a museum of art, science, and natural history to be built in memory of his parents. The first Director of the Witte Museum was Ellen Schulz Quillin.