The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City showcases famous instruments from Kermit the Frog and Steve Martin.

On view through October, the special exhibit at the American Banjo Museum celebrates the instrument's influence in popular culture.

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A brand new exhibit at the American Banjo Museum features the famous amphibian, Kermit the Frog. According to the American Banjo Museum, “POP! Goes the Banjo!” is the museum’s ...

Classic Banjo, out August 6, features tracks by the best American banjo players over the past 60 years. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings The banjo conjures American musical icons: the ...

Cabinet card image of Horace Weston (ca. 1880s) posing with his top hat and a fretless instrument, possibly a Stewart Universal Presentation banjo, included in the research files of the Old Town ...

The Banjo is a uniquely American instrument. The roots of the banjo were brought over by enslaved peoples from Africa, who were brought to the Caribbean into the United States, and they made the early ...

Martin and the Board of The Steve Martin Banjo Prize have announced the two winners—Bill Evans of Alto, New Mexico, and Enda Scahill of Galway, Ireland. Building on the Board’s mission to recognize ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- America is the home of the banjo, and now Oklahoma City will be home to the American Banjo Museum. Twenty-seven banjos played outside for the formal opening of the museum in Bricktown ...

NEW YORK — From folk songs like Oh Susannah to its starring role in Bluegrass festivals, the banjo seems to be a quintessentially homegrown American instrument. However, as Colorado banjo virtuoso ...