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Guitars

Smithsonian Music

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

Museum / Unit

National Museum of American History 25 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of the American Indian 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 14 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 9 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 7 Filter by term Exclude term
NMNH - Anthropology Dept. 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Guitars 46 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Noisemakers 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Sound devices 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Sculpture 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic arts 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Decorative arts 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

Native Americans 14 Filter by term Exclude term
African Americans 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Indians of North America 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Mesoamerica 3 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
Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Central Andes 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Ch'uta (Chuta) 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1880s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1890s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1900s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 19 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 16 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 16 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 15 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

Peru 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Asia 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Mexico 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Bolivia 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Germany 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Italy 3 Filter by term Exclude term
South Korea 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Bolivia, Peru 2 Filter by term Exclude term
France 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Japan 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Guitars 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Music and Sound 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 9 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Non-Indian 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical Instruments 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Music 51 Filter by term Exclude term
Guitar 49 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 32 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Guitarist 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 48 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 41 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 9 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Place: United States

Signed guitar and case owned by James Brown

Guitar

Chuck Brown's Gibson Guitar

Van Halen Frankenstein Electric Guitar

Garth Brooks' Takamine Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Double neck guitar/synthesizer owned by Vernon Reid

Electric guitar belonging to Chuck Berry, nicknamed "Maybellene"

Stringed Instrument (Guitar)

Guitar And Rug

Guitar with case and strap owned by Vernon Reid

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar used by Carlos Vives

Guitar Player

Sarraillac Guitar

Nude with Guitar

Gibson Guitar Case

Untitled (Spanish Woman Playing Guitar)

Figure with Guitar II

Girl Playing Guitar

Unidentified boxer in sombrero with guitar

Reclining Woman with Guitar

3.1c Guitar coil single

Untitled

Guitarist

Acoustic Guitar

Violet Sargent

Joni Mitchell

Chuck Berry

Theorbo Guitar

Woody Guthrie

Huddie Ledbetter

Odetta

B. B. King

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