American Academy of Arts and Letters and an annual exhibition of works by newly elected members and recipients of honors and awards. A permanent exhibit of the recreated studio of composer Charles Ives was opened in 2014. The auditorium is sought out by musicians and engineers wishing to record live because the acoustics are considered among the city's finest. Hundreds of commercial recordings have been made there. The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters was formed from three parent organizations. The first, the American Social Science Association, was founded in 1865, at Boston. The second was the National Institute of Arts and Letters, which
Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo The Kosova Academy of Sciences and Arts (, ) is the national academy of Kosovo. Kosova Academy of Sciences and Arts was founded on December 20, 1975, by decision of the Assembly of Kosovo. Its first president was Esad Mekuli, who is considered to be the father of modern Albanian poetry in Yugoslavia. The academy is organized in four divisions. Those include the division of linguistics and literature, the division of social sciences, the division of natural sciences and the division of arts. The academy has 24 regular and 11 associate members. The