The American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria

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The American Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is a New York City museum dedicated to the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Museum of the Moving Image	8
The American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T936495 — 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: The American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria
Context triple: [Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, notableWork, The American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria]

A. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is a Los Angeles museum dedicated to the history, art, and science of filmmaking, operated by the organization behind the Oscars.
B. Museum of the City of New York
The Museum of the City of New York is a museum dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, culture, and diverse communities of New York City through exhibitions, collections, and public programs.
C. Weitz Center for Creativity
The Weitz Center for Creativity is Carleton College’s interdisciplinary arts and creativity hub, housing performance spaces, studios, classrooms, and galleries that support innovative teaching and artistic practice.
D. Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is a major art museum in New York City known for its extensive and diverse collections, including significant holdings of American, Egyptian, African, and contemporary art.
E. Hudson River Museum
The Hudson River Museum is a regional art, history, and science museum in Yonkers known for its collections, exhibitions, and planetarium overlooking the Hudson River.
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: The American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria
Target entity description: The American Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is a New York City museum dedicated to the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media.

A. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is a Los Angeles museum dedicated to the history, art, and science of filmmaking, operated by the organization behind the Oscars.
B. Museum of the City of New York
The Museum of the City of New York is a museum dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, culture, and diverse communities of New York City through exhibitions, collections, and public programs.
C. Weitz Center for Creativity
The Weitz Center for Creativity is Carleton College’s interdisciplinary arts and creativity hub, housing performance spaces, studios, classrooms, and galleries that support innovative teaching and artistic practice.
D. Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is a major art museum in New York City known for its extensive and diverse collections, including significant holdings of American, Egyptian, African, and contemporary art.
E. Hudson River Museum
The Hudson River Museum is a regional art, history, and science museum in Yonkers known for its collections, exhibitions, and planetarium overlooking the Hudson River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film museum ⓘ media museum ⓘ museum ⓘ television museum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria ⓘ surface form: Museum of the Moving Image
borough	Queens ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dedicatedTo	art of film ⓘ art of television ⓘ digital media ⓘ history of film ⓘ history of television ⓘ technique of film ⓘ technology of film ⓘ technology of television ⓘ
focusesOn	digital media ⓘ film ⓘ moving image culture ⓘ television ⓘ video games ⓘ
foundedIn	1981 ⓘ
governedBy	non-profit organization ⓘ
hasActivity	educational programs ⓘ exhibitions ⓘ public programs ⓘ screenings ⓘ
hasCollectionType	artifacts ⓘ equipment ⓘ moving image works ⓘ photographs ⓘ
hasFacility	cinema ⓘ education center ⓘ galleries ⓘ theater ⓘ
hasSubjectArea	animation ⓘ digital media production ⓘ editing ⓘ film production ⓘ sound design ⓘ television production ⓘ
locatedAt	36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, Queens, New York City ⓘ
locatedIn	Astoria, Queens ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
nearbyLandmark	Kaufman Astoria Studios ⓘ
neighborhood	Astoria ⓘ
occupiesBuildingOf	former Astoria Studios ⓘ
openedToPublicIn	1988 ⓘ
shortName	MoMI ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects → notableWork → The American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria ⓘ

Queens County → containsCulturalSite → The American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria ⓘ