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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.

Museum / Unit

NMNH - Anthropology Dept. 27 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 16 Filter by term Exclude term
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 Portrait Gallery 7 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African Art 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Drums (membranophones) 26 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Sculpture 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Figures (representations) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting/Drawing/Print 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Decorative arts 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Noisemakers 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

Native Americans 14 Filter by term Exclude term
African Americans 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Indians of North America 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Yoruba (African people) 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Great Lakes 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Koreans 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Ojibwa Indians 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Woodland culture 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Andes 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Arctic peoples 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1870s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1890s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 20 Filter by term Exclude term
Asia 10 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 10 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Africa 6 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Nigeria 5 Filter by term Exclude term
USA 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Florida 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Thailand 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Anthropology 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 12 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments 8 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Percussion 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African Art Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Anthropology 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Ethnology 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 26 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 20 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Drums (Membranophones) 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Percussion 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 52 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 36 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 7 Filter by term Exclude term

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Drum

Iya'lu dundun (drum)

Backstage "Tabor Theatre"

E-mu SP-12 Drum Machine

Art Blakey

Maracas

Hopi Musician Playing Drum

Buddy Rich

Drum

Drum Beats II

Girl with Tambourine

Vibraphone, used by Lionel Hampton

Poster, NASA, Manned Flight Awareness

Pecten Shell Cymbals (1 Pair)

Slit gong

Drum Beats

7.9c Drum single

Drum and Wooden Beater

Drum With 2 Heads - Antique Temple Drum

Tambourine Drum

Patent model for a cylinder drum

Gong Of Metal With Its Drumstick (Ching)

Beater

Custom snare drum owned by Will Calhoun

Milt Jackson, 1980

Drum

Shaman's drum

Max Roach

A Pair Of Temple Drums "Kagura Toiko" (1 Pr.)

2p Talking Drums single

Wolverine Blues; Drum Improvisation

Bell

Art Blakey

Othello Molineaux, 1989

Siamese Xylophone (Ranat Ek.)

Snare Drum

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