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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. 24 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 16 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 12 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 9 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of the American Indian 8 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 7 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African Art 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Drums (membranophones) 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Sculpture 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting/Drawing/Print 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Figures (representations) 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Ceremonial objects 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Clappers (percussion beaters) 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Native Americans 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Indians of North America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Himalayan peoples 5 Filter by term Exclude term
South Asians 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Buddhists 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Chinese 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Japanese 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Yoruba (African people) 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Great Lakes 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1870s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1890s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1900s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 10 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 10 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 16 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 6 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 20 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Asia 9 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Africa 5 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Florida 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Nigeria 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Thailand 4 Filter by term Exclude term
USA 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Anthropology 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 12 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Google Arts & Culture 10 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

Topic

Music 28 Filter by term Exclude term
Anthropology 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Ethnology 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 21 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Drums (Membranophones) 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 53 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 38 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 8 Filter by term Exclude term

Filter Settings

Excluded:

Remove Date: 1970s

Decorated Drum

Figurative Sculpture: Drummer

Long Drums Pair

Drum

Shaman's drum

Presentation Drum

Drum (Iyalu Dundun) And Beater

Wrought Iron Gong

Ceremonial Or Theatrical Gong

Gong & Stick (Ching)

Walt Dickerson, 1989

Painting

Drummers

Cadet Drummer

Poster

Them Drummers and Sangers

Xylophone And 2 Wooden Mallets

Print

First Drummers

Maracas

Figure of a drummer

Popsy Dixon, 1996

Lionel Hampton

Pair of Large Cymbals with Carrying Case

The Drummer Stopped the Drum Beat

Blanchard Snare Drum

Male figure

Drum (Tshan-Jak, Kilyaut)

Tarima

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