A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

The Pacifica Quartet gave the first of two performances playing the Library of Congress collection of priceless Stradivari instruments ...

The Museum's music collections contain more than 5,000 instruments of American and European heritage. These include a quartet of 18th-century Stradivari stringed instruments, Tito Puente's autographed ...

From American-made Martin acoustic guitars in Pennsylvania to handcrafted ceremonial gongs in Thailand, we traveled the world to uncover the stories behind how different musical instruments are made.

and will soon be made available for viewing on the Library of Congress YouTube channel.) With the focus trained so sharply on the sounds and textures of American music of the 20th century — or ...