Current Second Floor Exhibits

JAZZ AGE BANJO TREASURES American Banjo Museum

Witness the largest collection of ornately decorated American made banjos from the 1920s and 30s anywhere in the world...truly a national treasure!

THE SHAKEY'S ROOM

Take a nostalgic walk back into time and visit our perfect recreation of a Shakey's Pizza Parlor from the 1960s.  From the player piano to the stained glass windows to the smiling banjo player, every memory is here except the pizza.

BANJOS...AND THEIR MASTERS

This collection displays banjos and tells of the performers who owned and played them. Many of the performers are now deceased and their banjos are on display just as their owners left them.

THE NATIONAL FOUR-STRING BANJO HALL OF FAME

Each year the ABM honors Jazz Age pioneers of the banjo as well as contemporary performers, educators, manufacturers and promoters who carry on the traditions of their predecessors with election to the National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame.