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American Banjo Museum
| Address | 9 E. Sheridan Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73104-2424 |
| Contact | Johnny Baier, executive director |
| Phone | 405/604-2793 |
| banjomuseum@sbcglobal.net | |
| Web site | www.banjomuseum.org |
| Description | The American Banjo Museum is a $5 million, world-class 21,000 square foot facility honoring the rich history, vibrant spirit and unlimited future of the banjo. The museum contains more than 300 instruments, the largest collection on public display in the world. Examples include replicas of primitive banjos developed by African slaves in the Old South, Minstrel Age instruments from 19th century, post WWII instruments used in bluegrass, folk and world music, and museum’s core collection of ornately decorated banjos made in America during the Jazz Age of the 1920’s and 30s.
It features an impressive 16,000 square feet of gallery and exhibit space on two floors. Exhibits on the first floor are designed to introduce the banjo's rich heritage to the banjo novice. As the ABM experience continues, visitors are introduced to the people, music and instruments which have shaped the banjo's identity in today's musical world. The Museum is the only established facility in the world devoted exclusively to the collection and conservation of the instruments, recordings, film, video, printed music, instructional materials, ephemera and memorabilia associated with the banjo. |
| Population Served | General Public |
| Region | International |
| Services | Arts and Culture |
Make an online donation to this organization's permanent
endowment fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation
