Museum of Chinese in America

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cultural institution history museum museum

The Museum of Chinese in America is a New York City institution dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, heritage, and contemporary experiences of Chinese Americans.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
New York Chinatown History Project	2
Museum of Chinese in America canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2290389 — 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: Museum of Chinese in America
Context triple: [Chinatown, Manhattan, hasLandmark, Museum of Chinese in America]

A. Chinese Historical Society of America Museum
The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum is a cultural and historical museum in San Francisco dedicated to preserving and interpreting the experiences and contributions of Chinese Americans.
B. Chinese American Museum (Los Angeles)
The Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles is a cultural and historical institution dedicated to preserving and showcasing the experiences, heritage, and contributions of Chinese Americans in Southern California.
C. Asia Society Museum
Asia Society Museum is a New York City institution dedicated to showcasing and promoting the arts and cultures of Asia through exhibitions, collections, and public programs.
D. Crow Museum of Asian Art
The Crow Museum of Asian Art is a Dallas museum dedicated to the arts and cultures of Asia, featuring a significant collection of historical and contemporary works from across the continent.
E. Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco is a nonprofit arts and cultural organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Chinese and Chinese American culture through exhibitions, performances, and community programs.
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: Museum of Chinese in America
Target entity description: The Museum of Chinese in America is a New York City institution dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, heritage, and contemporary experiences of Chinese Americans.

A. Chinese Historical Society of America Museum
The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum is a cultural and historical museum in San Francisco dedicated to preserving and interpreting the experiences and contributions of Chinese Americans.
B. Chinese American Museum (Los Angeles)
The Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles is a cultural and historical institution dedicated to preserving and showcasing the experiences, heritage, and contributions of Chinese Americans in Southern California.
C. Asia Society Museum
Asia Society Museum is a New York City institution dedicated to showcasing and promoting the arts and cultures of Asia through exhibitions, collections, and public programs.
D. Crow Museum of Asian Art
The Crow Museum of Asian Art is a Dallas museum dedicated to the arts and cultures of Asia, featuring a significant collection of historical and contemporary works from across the continent.
E. Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco is a nonprofit arts and cultural organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Chinese and Chinese American culture through exhibitions, performances, and community programs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural institution ⓘ history museum ⓘ museum ⓘ
buildingUse	museum ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Nancy Yao Maasbach ⓘ
focusesOn	Asian American history ⓘ Chinese American community ⓘ Chinese American culture ⓘ Chinese American history ⓘ
formerName	Museum of Chinese in America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York Chinatown History Project
foundedAs	Museum of Chinese in America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York Chinatown History Project
founder	Charles Lai ⓘ John Kuo Wei Tchen ⓘ
hasCategory	Asian-American museum ⓘ Chinese-American culture in New York City ⓘ Ethnic museum in New York City ⓘ
hasCollection	artifacts ⓘ documents ⓘ multimedia materials ⓘ oral histories ⓘ photographs ⓘ
hasExhibitionType	permanent exhibitions ⓘ temporary exhibitions ⓘ
hasProgram	exhibitions on Chinese immigration to the United States ⓘ exhibitions on life in Chinatown ⓘ programs on contemporary Chinese American issues ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.mocanyc.org/ ⓘ
inception	1980 ⓘ
language	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
locatedIn	Chinatown, Manhattan ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
mission	to document contemporary experiences of Chinese Americans ⓘ to preserve and present the history and heritage of Chinese Americans ⓘ
offers	community outreach programs ⓘ educational programs ⓘ public programs ⓘ school programs ⓘ
operatesIn	SoHo ⓘ surface form: SoHo, Manhattan
servesCommunity	Asian American ⓘ surface form: Asian Americans Chinese Americans ⓘ New York City residents ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
subjectOf	media coverage ⓘ scholarly research ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Chinatown, Manhattan → hasLandmark → Museum of Chinese in America ⓘ

Museum of Chinese in America → foundedAs → Museum of Chinese in America self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Chinatown History Project

Museum of Chinese in America → formerName → Museum of Chinese in America self-linksurface differs ⓘ