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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
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
Smithsonian Archives - History Div 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian Channel 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Guitars 28 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 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Cases (containers) 3 Filter by term Exclude term
electric guitars 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Decorative arts 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Lutes (chordophones) 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 18 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
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
Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Central Andes 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1880s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1900s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 19 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 15 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 16 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 15 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
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
Broward County 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Music and Sound 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical Instruments 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
Anthropology 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Instrumentalists (Musicians) 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Singers (Musicians) 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Anthropology 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Ethnology 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Rock and roll (Music) 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Funk (Music) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Composers (Musicians) 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 18 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 11 Filter by term Exclude term

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Signed guitar and case owned by James Brown

Chuck Brown's Gibson 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.

Gibson Guitar Case

Girl Playing Guitar

Reclining Woman with Guitar

3.1c Guitar coil single

Studio Portrait of Little Milton Playing a Guitar

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

Earl King, 1992

Tile

29c Hank Williams single

Guitar

Guitar

Albert Collins, 1991

Guitar "Chonguri"

Indian Guitar

Bootsy Collins Space Bass guitar owned by Bootsy Collins

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

Doc Watson and Merle Watson

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Buddy Guy, 1990

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