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Asian Pacific American Heritage and Music Collections Sampler

Smithsonian Music

Explore collections from across the Smithsonian.

Museum / Unit

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Seiji Ozawa

Yo Yo Ma

Legend and Legacy: Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar with Ledward Kaapana

Ukulele

Ravi Shankar at Monterey Pop Festival. Monterey, CA, 1967.

Sarah Chang

Hawaiian Drummer

Living Earth Festival: Halau Ho'omau I Ka Wai Ola O Hawai'i

Zubin Mehta

Suzuki Violin (3/4 size)

Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom

Drum

Drum

Kalakaua; Hualalai

Ravi Shankar

Aloha 'Oe: Honoring Hawai'i's Last Sovereign Ruler, Queen Lili’uokalani

Suzuki Violin (1/4 size)

Women's History Month Concert: The Lili'u Project

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

American Banjo Ukulele

The May Project: Gina Inocencio

Nam June Paik

Story Circle: Vocalist Aditya Prakash on Tradition & Innovation

Hawaii Festival 2016: The Aloha Boys

Ukulele

Ukulele

Machete Ukulele

Vega Baritone Ukulele

RCA transistorized Ukulele

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