Irish Museum of Modern Art

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The Irish Museum of Modern Art is Ireland’s leading national institution for the collection and exhibition of modern and contemporary art, housed in the historic Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Irish Museum of Modern Art canonical	6
IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art	1
Irish Museum of Modern Art (state cultural institution)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13316261 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Irish Museum of Modern Art
Context triple: [Benson & Forsyth, notableWork, Irish Museum of Modern Art]

A. National Gallery of Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland is the principal national art museum in Dublin, renowned for its extensive collection of European and Irish art.
B. Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin is a renowned modern and contemporary art museum in Dublin, Ireland, noted for its significant collection of Irish and international artworks.
C. Limerick City Gallery of Art
Limerick City Gallery of Art is a prominent public art museum in Limerick, Ireland, known for its collection of Irish and international contemporary and modern art.
D. Droichead Arts Centre
Droichead Arts Centre is a multidisciplinary arts venue in Drogheda, Ireland, known for hosting theatre, music, visual arts, and community cultural events.
E. James Joyce Tower and Museum
The James Joyce Tower and Museum is a Martello tower in Sandycove, Dublin, dedicated to the life and works of Irish writer James Joyce and famously featured in the opening of his novel "Ulysses."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Irish Museum of Modern Art
Target entity description: The Irish Museum of Modern Art is Ireland’s leading national institution for the collection and exhibition of modern and contemporary art, housed in the historic Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin.

A. National Gallery of Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland is the principal national art museum in Dublin, renowned for its extensive collection of European and Irish art.
B. Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin is a renowned modern and contemporary art museum in Dublin, Ireland, noted for its significant collection of Irish and international artworks.
C. Limerick City Gallery of Art
Limerick City Gallery of Art is a prominent public art museum in Limerick, Ireland, known for its collection of Irish and international contemporary and modern art.
D. Droichead Arts Centre
Droichead Arts Centre is a multidisciplinary arts venue in Drogheda, Ireland, known for hosting theatre, music, visual arts, and community cultural events.
E. James Joyce Tower and Museum
The James Joyce Tower and Museum is a Martello tower in Sandycove, Dublin, dedicated to the life and works of Irish writer James Joyce and famously featured in the opening of his novel "Ulysses."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum ⓘ contemporary art museum ⓘ modern art museum ⓘ national museum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	IMMA ⓘ
buildingCompletionDate	17th century ⓘ
category	Art museums and galleries in Ireland ⓘ Modern art museums in Europe ⓘ Museums in Dublin ⓘ
collectionFocus	contemporary art ⓘ modern art ⓘ
collectionSize	over 3,000 works ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ
formerUseOfBuilding	Royal Hospital for retired soldiers ⓘ linked to: Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
foundedBy	Government of Ireland ⓘ
hasAccessibility	publicly accessible ⓘ
hasCuratorialFocus	Irish artists ⓘ international artists ⓘ
hasExhibitionType	permanent collection displays ⓘ temporary exhibitions ⓘ
hasGardenOrGrounds	courtyards ⓘ formal gardens ⓘ
hasProgram	artist residencies ⓘ education programmes ⓘ public talks ⓘ workshops ⓘ
hasType	public museum ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://imma.ie ⓘ
heritageStatusOfSite	historic building ⓘ
inception	1991 ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
locatedIn	County Dublin ⓘ Kilmainham ⓘ Leinster ⓘ Royal Hospital Kilmainham ⓘ
location	Dublin ⓘ
notableFor	leading national institution for modern and contemporary art in Ireland ⓘ
openingDate	1991 ⓘ
operatedBy	Irish state ⓘ
ownedBy	Irish state ⓘ
partOf	cultural institutions of Dublin ⓘ
shortName	IMMA ⓘ
significantBuilding	Royal Hospital Kilmainham ⓘ
subjectOf	contemporary art exhibitions in Ireland ⓘ
transportConnection	near Heuston railway station ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benson & Forsyth → notableWork → Irish Museum of Modern Art ⓘ

Dublin 8 → containsLandmark → Irish Museum of Modern Art ⓘ

Dublin 8 → containsGovernmentBuilding → Irish Museum of Modern Art (state cultural institution) ⓘ

linked to: Irish Museum of Modern Art

Eva Rothschild → hasExhibitedAt → Irish Museum of Modern Art ⓘ

William Scott → hasWorkInCollection → Irish Museum of Modern Art ⓘ

Kilmainham → hasLandmark → Irish Museum of Modern Art ⓘ

Kilmainham → contains → Irish Museum of Modern Art ⓘ

Helen Cammock → hasExhibitedAt → IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art ⓘ