National Banjo Museum

 Trish and I are now in Oklahoma City, and, as soon as we got checked in to our hotel, we walked down the street to the National Banjo Museum.

Early banjos on display.

In 1998, Jack Canine, a business man and devoted banjo player, founded the first banjo museum in Guthrie, Oklahoma.  When his collection outgrew the space, Canine bought and renovated a building in Bricktown, Oklahoma City.  When he died not quite a year ago, he left a five million dollar endowment to operate and care for the museum in perpetuity.

Beautiful works of musical art.

The collection now displays more than four hundred banjos, many historically unique, and beautifully interprets banjo history from African American origins to the present.

Well presented evolution of the banjo.

Banjos from the likes of Earl Scruggs to Pete Seeger to Steve Martin are part of the collection. Many of the instruments are themselves works of art.

The newest display is Women of the Banjo which includes great music and filmography. Whether you love banjo music or not, the museum is worth a visit!

The collection is vast.