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Love to Hear Percussion

Smithsonian Music

The Smithsonian celebrates both common and unusual percussion instruments along with the musicians who keep the beat.

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National Museum of the American Indian 10 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 9 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 7 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African Art 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Musical instruments 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Drums (membranophones) 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 7 Filter by term Exclude term
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East Building (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery), Gallery 26a: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room 3 Filter by term Exclude term

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Music 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Drums (Membranophones) 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 7 Filter by term Exclude term
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Drum of Lingshan type

Drum

Iya'lu dundun (drum)

Backstage "Tabor Theatre"

Large temple drum with original stand and drumsticks

Art Blakey

Hopi Musician Playing Drum

Buddy Rich

Drum

Drum Beats II

Five musicians playing drums

Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Nufal champions Majnun's cause in battle; recto: text

Slit gong

Drum Beats

7.9c Drum single

Patent model for a cylinder drum

Custom snare drum owned by Will Calhoun

Milt Jackson, 1980

Drum

Shaman's drum

Max Roach

Bell (bo) with birds and dragons; from a set of four

Art Blakey

Othello Molineaux, 1989

The Roots, ?uestlove, Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM

Conga Drum Played by Paul Hawkins

Drummer

Conga Drum Played by Paul Hawkins

Lionel Hampton

Drum

Drum

Drum

Drum

Tambourine used on stage at Wembley Stadium during Prince's Nude Tour

Haitian Drum

Pair of Small Cymbals with Carrying Case

Lionel Hampton, 1991

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