The Museum for African Art

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art museum cultural institution non-profit organization

The Museum for African Art was a New York City institution dedicated to exhibiting and promoting traditional and contemporary African art and culture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Center for African Art	2
The Museum for African Art canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1603020 — 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.

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Target entity: The Museum for African Art
Context triple: [The Africa Center, formerName, The Museum for African Art]

A. National Museum of African Art
The National Museum of African Art is a Washington, D.C.–based museum dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of traditional and contemporary art from across the African continent.
B. Studio Museum in Harlem
The Studio Museum in Harlem is a renowned New York City art museum dedicated to exhibiting and supporting work by artists of African descent and exploring Black culture and history.
C. IFAN Museum of African Arts
The IFAN Museum of African Arts is one of West Africa’s oldest and most important museums, renowned for its extensive collections of traditional African art and cultural artifacts.
D. Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a major U.S. museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting American art from the colonial period to the present.
E. National Museum of African American History and Culture
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is a Smithsonian institution in Washington, D.C., dedicated to documenting and showcasing the history, culture, and contributions of African Americans.
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 Museum for African Art
Target entity description: The Museum for African Art was a New York City institution dedicated to exhibiting and promoting traditional and contemporary African art and culture.

A. National Museum of African Art
The National Museum of African Art is a Washington, D.C.–based museum dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of traditional and contemporary art from across the African continent.
B. Studio Museum in Harlem
The Studio Museum in Harlem is a renowned New York City art museum dedicated to exhibiting and supporting work by artists of African descent and exploring Black culture and history.
C. IFAN Museum of African Arts
The IFAN Museum of African Arts is one of West Africa’s oldest and most important museums, renowned for its extensive collections of traditional African art and cultural artifacts.
D. Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a major U.S. museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting American art from the colonial period to the present.
E. National Museum of African American History and Culture
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is a Smithsonian institution in Washington, D.C., dedicated to documenting and showcasing the history, culture, and contributions of African Americans.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum ⓘ cultural institution ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ
category	African art museums ⓘ Ethnographic museums in the United States ⓘ Museums in Manhattan ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	African studies ⓘ art history ⓘ museum studies ⓘ
focusesOn	African art ⓘ African culture ⓘ contemporary African art ⓘ traditional African art ⓘ
formerName	The Museum for African Art self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Center for African Art
foundedBy	Susan Vogel ⓘ
hasMainTheme	African heritage ⓘ African visual culture ⓘ cross-cultural understanding ⓘ
hasWebsite	http://www.africanart.org/ ⓘ
knownFor	educational programs on African art ⓘ exhibitions of African art ⓘ scholarly catalogues on African art ⓘ traveling exhibitions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State
locatedInTime	early 21st century ⓘ late 20th century ⓘ
mission	to educate the public about African art and culture ⓘ to exhibit African art ⓘ to promote African art ⓘ to promote African culture ⓘ
opened	1984 ⓘ
operatedIn	New York City cultural sector ⓘ
typeOfCollection	artworks from Africa ⓘ contemporary artworks by African artists ⓘ masks ⓘ sculpture ⓘ textiles ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

The Africa Center → formerName → The Museum for African Art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Center for African Art

The Museum for African Art → formerName → The Museum for African Art self-linksurface differs ⓘ