Stax Museum of American Soul Music
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The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum in Memphis dedicated to preserving and celebrating the legacy of soul music and the influential artists of the legendary Stax Records label.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stax Museum of American Soul Music canonical | 10 |
| Stax Museum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T130879 — 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: Stax Museum of American Soul Music Context triple: [Memphis, Tennessee, hasLandmark, Stax Museum of American Soul Music]
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A.
American Jazz Museum
The American Jazz Museum is a cultural institution in Kansas City, Missouri, dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history and legacy of jazz music and its influential artists.
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B.
Motown Museum
The Motown Museum is a historic Detroit landmark preserving the original recording studios and legacy of Motown Records and its influential artists.
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C.
National Civil Rights Museum
The National Civil Rights Museum is a history museum in Memphis chronicling the American civil rights movement, located at the former Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
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D.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a cultural and educational center and museum that documents and interprets the history and legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, with a particular focus on Birmingham’s pivotal role.
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E.
Graceland
Graceland is the famed Memphis mansion and estate that served as the home of rock and roll icon Elvis Presley and now operates as a major museum and tourist attraction.
- 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: Stax Museum of American Soul Music Target entity description: The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum in Memphis dedicated to preserving and celebrating the legacy of soul music and the influential artists of the legendary Stax Records label.
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A.
American Jazz Museum
The American Jazz Museum is a cultural institution in Kansas City, Missouri, dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history and legacy of jazz music and its influential artists.
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B.
Motown Museum
The Motown Museum is a historic Detroit landmark preserving the original recording studios and legacy of Motown Records and its influential artists.
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C.
National Civil Rights Museum
The National Civil Rights Museum is a history museum in Memphis chronicling the American civil rights movement, located at the former Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
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D.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a cultural and educational center and museum that documents and interprets the history and legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, with a particular focus on Birmingham’s pivotal role.
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E.
Graceland
Graceland is the famed Memphis mansion and estate that served as the home of rock and roll icon Elvis Presley and now operates as a major museum and tourist attraction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural institution
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music museum ⓘ soul music museum ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Soulsville Charter School
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Stax Music Academy ⓘ |
| builtOnSiteOf | original Stax Records studio ⓘ |
| category |
African-American museums in Tennessee
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Museums in Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ Music museums in the United States ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Stax Records
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surface form:
Stax Records label
artists of Stax Records ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Stax Records
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soul music ⓘ |
| exhibitsInclude |
Isaac Hayes’ custom 1972 Cadillac Eldorado
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archival film and video ⓘ gold records ⓘ original Stax recording equipment ⓘ photographs ⓘ stage costumes ⓘ vintage recording studio reconstruction ⓘ |
| focusesOnGenre |
R&B
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blues ⓘ gospel ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
costumes
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instruments ⓘ music memorabilia ⓘ photographs ⓘ recordings ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionArea | approximately 17,000 square feet ⓘ |
| highlightsArtists |
Albert King
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ Carla Thomas ⓘ Isaac Hayes ⓘ Otis Redding ⓘ Sam & Dave ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
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| locatedInCity | Memphis ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| locatedInState | Tennessee ⓘ |
| mission |
to honor the artists and history of Stax Records
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to preserve and promote the legacy of American soul music ⓘ |
| name | Stax Museum of American Soul Music self-link ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Soulsville, USA ⓘ |
| opened | 2003 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2003-05-03 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Soulsville, USA
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surface form:
Soulsville Foundation
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| shortName |
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Stax Museum
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| streetAddress | 926 East McLemore Avenue ⓘ |
| theme |
civil rights era cultural history
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history of American soul music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stax Museum of American Soul Music Description of subject: The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum in Memphis dedicated to preserving and celebrating the legacy of soul music and the influential artists of the legendary Stax Records label.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
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shortName
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Stax Museum of American Soul Music
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this entity surface form:
Stax Museum