The National Guitar Museum ( NGM ) is a museum dedicated to the guitar 's history, evolution, and cultural impact; and to promoting and preserving the guitar's legacy. The NGM addresses the history of the guitar as it has evolved from ancient stringed instruments to the wide variety of instruments created over the past 200 years. It focuses on the guitar's inventors, innovators, and influential players, along with the science and technology behind the guitar's construction, shape, and sound.
6-453: The NGM does not have a permanent location, but rather exhibits its collection in a touring format. The museum was founded by author and former Guitar magazine editor-in-chief HP Newquist , who serves as its executive director. It is the first museum to focus solely on all aspects of the guitar and to include instruments from most of the world's stringed instrument manufacturers. The NGM's collection focuses on representative instruments from
12-606: A guitarist who has been instrumental to the legacy of the guitar. The recipients to date have been: Guitar for the Practicing Musician Guitar for the Practicing Musician was a guitar magazine published in the United States by Cherry Lane Music from 1982 to 1999. The magazine was published monthly. In 1992, it was the most popular music publication at newsstands, selling 740,000 issues over
18-603: A variety of exhibitions. In 2012, it was announced that at the completion of its exhibition tours, one U.S. city was expected to be chosen as the permanent home of the National Guitar Museum. As of 2024, as a result of the ongoing tours, a permanent home for the NGM has still not been chosen. In February 2011, the NGM launched its first touring exhibit , entitled "GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World," which began with previews outside New York City . The national rollout
24-411: A vast array of historical makers and modern luthiers . The NGM's board of advisors includes guitarists Tony Iommi , Steve Howe , Steve Vai , Ritchie Blackmore , Liona Boyd , Al Di Meola , and Joe Bonamassa . Johnny Winter served on the board prior to his death. Curators include guitar industry veterans Rich Maloof and Pete Prown . In 2011, the NGM collection began touring the United States in
30-552: The United States, including: "America At The Crossroads: The GUITAR And A Changing Nation" is an NGM exhibition focused on U.S. history. It uses the guitar as emblematic, and representative , of pivotal national events. It debuted in January 2023 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Grand Rapids, MI. Venues The NGM presents an annual "Lifetime Achievement Award" to
36-758: Was in Orlando , Florida , on June 11, 2011. The exhibit traveled to sites across the United States from 2011 to 2022. The hosts for the GUITAR Exhibit: The NGM curates a touring art exhibition, "Medieval To Metal: The Art & Evolution Of The GUITAR." It debuted at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin in February 2015. It has since been presented at more than a dozen art museums in
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