Noguchi Museum
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The Noguchi Museum is an art museum in New York City dedicated to the work and legacy of Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, featuring his sculptures, models, and designs in a distinctive indoor-outdoor setting.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2512037 — 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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noguchi Museum Context triple: [Queens County, containsCulturalSite, Noguchi Museum]
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Chazen Museum of Art
The Chazen Museum of Art is a major university art museum on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, known for its extensive collection spanning ancient to contemporary works and for serving as a key cultural institution in the region.
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Mingei International Museum
Mingei International Museum is a San Diego museum dedicated to folk art, craft, and design from cultures around the world.
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National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is Japan’s first national art museum, renowned for its extensive collection of modern and contemporary Japanese art and its prominent location near the Imperial Palace.
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Yokohama Museum of Art
The Yokohama Museum of Art is a major Japanese art museum known for its modern and contemporary collections, striking postmodern architecture, and prominent cultural role in the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama.
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Neue Galerie New York
Neue Galerie New York is a museum on Manhattan’s Upper East Side devoted primarily to early 20th-century German and Austrian art and design, including works by artists such as Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele.
- 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: Noguchi Museum Target entity description: The Noguchi Museum is an art museum in New York City dedicated to the work and legacy of Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, featuring his sculptures, models, and designs in a distinctive indoor-outdoor setting.
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A.
Chazen Museum of Art
The Chazen Museum of Art is a major university art museum on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, known for its extensive collection spanning ancient to contemporary works and for serving as a key cultural institution in the region.
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B.
Mingei International Museum
Mingei International Museum is a San Diego museum dedicated to folk art, craft, and design from cultures around the world.
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C.
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is Japan’s first national art museum, renowned for its extensive collection of modern and contemporary Japanese art and its prominent location near the Imperial Palace.
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D.
Yokohama Museum of Art
The Yokohama Museum of Art is a major Japanese art museum known for its modern and contemporary collections, striking postmodern architecture, and prominent cultural role in the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama.
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E.
Neue Galerie New York
Neue Galerie New York is a museum on Manhattan’s Upper East Side devoted primarily to early 20th-century German and Austrian art and design, including works by artists such as Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
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single-artist museum ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | industrial building conversion ⓘ |
| collectionIncludes |
designs by Isamu Noguchi
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furniture designs by Isamu Noguchi ⓘ landscape and garden designs by Isamu Noguchi ⓘ lighting designs by Isamu Noguchi ⓘ models by Isamu Noguchi ⓘ sculptures by Isamu Noguchi ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dedicatedTo | Isamu Noguchi ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
20th-century art
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Japanese American art ⓘ modern sculpture ⓘ |
| founder | Isamu Noguchi ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | publicly accessible museum ⓘ |
| hasCollectionSize | over 200 works by Isamu Noguchi ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
design objects
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modern art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| hasMission | to preserve, exhibit, and interpret the work of Isamu Noguchi ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
integrated indoor-outdoor exhibition design
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sculpture garden designed by Isamu Noguchi ⓘ site-specific installations by Isamu Noguchi ⓘ |
| hasPart |
courtyard spaces
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indoor galleries ⓘ outdoor sculpture garden ⓘ |
| hasStatus | non-profit institution ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.noguchi.org ⓘ |
| inception | 1985 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Long Island City
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New York City ⓘ Queens ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Socrates Sculpture Park ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Isamu Noguchi ⓘ |
| offers |
educational programs
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guided tours ⓘ public programs ⓘ temporary exhibitions ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Noguchi Museum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum
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| originalUseOfBuilding | industrial building ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical scholarship on Isamu Noguchi
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museum and architecture studies ⓘ |
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Subject: Noguchi Museum Description of subject: The Noguchi Museum is an art museum in New York City dedicated to the work and legacy of Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, featuring his sculptures, models, and designs in a distinctive indoor-outdoor setting.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Long Island City
this entity surface form:
The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
this entity surface form:
Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York
subject surface form:
Western Queens
this entity surface form:
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum
this entity surface form:
Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum