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Guitars

Smithsonian Music

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

Museum / Unit

National Museum of the American Indian 14 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 10 Filter by term Exclude term
NMNH - Anthropology Dept. 6 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 Museum of American History 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 23 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Noisemakers 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Sound devices 14 Filter by term Exclude term
electric guitars 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Cases (containers) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Decorative arts 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Lutes (chordophones) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Stringed instruments (musical instruments) 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

Native Americans 14 Filter by term Exclude term
African Americans 10 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 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 12 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Peru 6 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Mexico 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Asia 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Bolivia 3 Filter by term Exclude term
California 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Bolivia, Peru 2 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 2 Filter by term Exclude term
South Korea 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Music and Sound 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical Instruments 10 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Non-Indian 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Anthropology 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical Crossroads 6 Filter by term Exclude term
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053 6 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
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Anthropology 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Ethnology 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Instrumentalists (Musicians) 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Funk (Music) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Rock and roll (Music) 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Jazz (Music) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musicians 2 Filter by term Exclude term
U.S. Stamps 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 15 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 9 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

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

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

Tile

29c Hank Williams single

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar "Chonguri"

Indian Guitar

Bootsy Collins Space Bass guitar owned by Bootsy Collins

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

The History of the Electric Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Guitar

Stanley Clarke Signature Standard 4 String Bass

Bass guitar used by Norwood Fisher in the band Fishbone

Prototype for Meshell Ndegeocello Reverend Fellowship Bass guitar

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