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Guitars

Smithsonian Music

A selection of guitars and other guitar-related items in the collections.

Museum / Unit

National Museum of American History 68 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 11 Filter by term Exclude term
NMNH - Anthropology Dept. 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Guitars 75 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Cases (containers) 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Decorative arts 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Lutes (chordophones) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Stringed instruments (musical instruments) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
electric guitars 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Americans 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Eskimo, Poonook (Punuk) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Iranians 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1880s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1890s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1900s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 10 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 52 Filter by term Exclude term
California 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Michigan 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Kalamazoo 7 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Fullerton 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Pennsylvania 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Arizona 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Asia 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Germany 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Guitars 65 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments 64 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 56 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical Instruments 11 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical Crossroads 9 Filter by term Exclude term
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Anthropology 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Artifact Walls exhibit 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Music 71 Filter by term Exclude term
Guitar 67 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 57 Filter by term Exclude term
Instrumentalists (Musicians) 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Anthropology 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Ethnology 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Funk (Music) 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Rock and Roll 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 83 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 12 Filter by term Exclude term

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Signed guitar and case owned by James Brown

Prince's Yellow Cloud Electric Guitar

Chuck Brown's Gibson Guitar

Van Halen Frankenstein Electric Guitar

Paul Reed Smith "Dragon I" Electric Guitar

Garth Brooks' Takamine Guitar

Benedetto Archtop Guitar, used by John "Bucky" Pizzarelli

Martin Harp Guitar

Guitar

Double neck guitar/synthesizer owned by Vernon Reid

Electric guitar belonging to Chuck Berry, nicknamed "Maybellene"

Stromberg Guitar, used by Irving Ashby

Stringed Instrument (Guitar)

Guitar and Rug

1936 Gibson L7 Guitar

Electric console steel guitar built by Felton W. Williams, Jr.

Guitar used by Carlos Vives

Sarraillac Guitar

The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)

Gibson Guitar Case

Girl Playing Guitar

Reclining Woman with Guitar

3.1c Guitar coil single

Young Japanese man strumming a guitar inside the Tule Lake Segregation Center

Acoustic Guitar

Theorbo Guitar

Silvertone Electric-Acoustic Guitar, used by Jesse Fuller

Gibson Old Hickory Electric Guitar

Gibson Harp Guitar

Tile

29c Hank Williams single

Maccaferri G40 Guitar

Electric Guitar

Portuguese Guitar

Axe Electric Bass Guitar, signed by Gene Simmons

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