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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 18 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of the American Indian 14 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 14 Filter by term Exclude term
NMNH - Anthropology Dept. 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 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 28 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 15 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
Prints 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Sculpture 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Cases (containers) 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Native Americans 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Americans 3 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
Asians 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1900s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 23 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 19 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 15 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 22 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 10 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Peru 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Asia 4 Filter by term Exclude term
California 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Mexico 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Bolivia 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Florida 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Bolivia, Peru 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Music and Sound 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical Instruments 14 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical Crossroads 9 Filter by term Exclude term
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Non-Indian 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 9 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Music 41 Filter by term Exclude term
Guitar 32 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 22 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Instrumentalists (Musicians) 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Guitarist 11 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 51 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 29 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 16 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Set Name: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments

Signed guitar and case owned by James Brown

Guitar

Chuck Brown's Gibson 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

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

Guitar Player

The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)

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

Studio Portrait of Little Milton Playing a Guitar

Untitled

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

Guitarist

Violet Sargent

Joni Mitchell

Chuck Berry

Woody Guthrie

Huddie Ledbetter

Earl King, 1992

Odetta

B. B. King

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