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Banjos
Instruments
A look at the many banjos in the Smithsonian Collections.
Banjos
Instruments
Banjo Art
Playing the Banjo
National Museum of American History
Gibson Five-String Banjo, used by Wade Ward
National Air and Space Museum
Banjo, Lindbergh, King Collection
National Museum of American History
Bacon Tenor Banjo
National Museum of American History
American Five-String Banjo
National Museum of American History
Huron Mountain Banjo
National Museum of American History
American Five-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
American Five-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
American Five-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
Teed Six-String Banjo
National Museum of American History
Gibson Tenor Banjo
National Museum of American History
Stewart Five-String Banjo
National Museum of American History
American Five-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
American Five-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
Gibson Tenor Banjo, used by Frances Chenoweth
National Museum of American History
Fairbanks Five-String Banjo
National Museum of American History
Thompson Artillery Shell Banjo
National Museum of American History
Vega Tenor Banjo
National Museum of American History
American Four-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
Tin Pan Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
Hammig Five-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
American Five-String Fretless Piccolo Banjo
National Museum of American History
Mayse Five-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
Vega Tu-ba-phone Banjo
National Museum of American History
Gibson Tenor Banjo, used by Vivian Hayes
National Museum of American History
Vega-Vox IV Tenor Banjo
National Museum of American History
Boucher Five-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
Mather Five-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
Ashborn Five-String Fretless Banjo
National Museum of American History
Creed Five-String Fretless Banjo, used by Fred Cockerham
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Banjo made in the style of William Esperance Boucher, Jr.
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