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Guitars

Smithsonian Music

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

Museum / Unit

National Museum of African American History and Culture 17 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of the American Indian 14 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian Archives - History Div 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian Channel 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Guitars 23 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Noisemakers 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Sound devices 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Cases (containers) 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 3 Filter by term Exclude term
electric guitars 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Native Americans 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Indians of North America 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Mesoamerica 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Americans 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Andes 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Huichol Indians 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Northern Mesoamerica 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Asians 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Central Andes 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1900s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 16 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 12 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 17 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Peru 6 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Bolivia 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Florida 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Mexico 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Asia 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Bolivia, Peru 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Broward County 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Music and Sound 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical Instruments 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Non-Indian 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical Crossroads 8 Filter by term Exclude term
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Music 26 Filter by term Exclude term
Guitar 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Instrumentalists (Musicians) 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Guitarist 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Singer 11 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 41 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 16 Filter by term Exclude term

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Signed guitar and case owned by James Brown

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Double neck guitar/synthesizer owned by Vernon Reid

Electric guitar belonging to Chuck Berry, nicknamed "Maybellene"

Guitar with case and strap owned by Vernon Reid

Guitar

Guitar

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

The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)

Figure with Guitar II

Studio Portrait of Little Milton Playing a Guitar

Violet Sargent

Joni Mitchell

Chuck Berry

Woody Guthrie

Huddie Ledbetter

Earl King, 1992

Odetta

B. B. King

Tile

Guitar

Guitar

Albert Collins, 1991

Bootsy Collins Space Bass guitar owned by Bootsy Collins

The Guitar Player, [photomechanical print]

Bass guitar used by Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool & the Gang

Voodoo Guitar "Marie" made by Don Moser with debris from Hurricane Katrina

The History of the Electric Guitar

Summer

Libba Cotten

Bruce Springsteen

Mississippi John Hurt

Elvis Presley

Bob Dylan

B. B. King

Guitar

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