Pointe-à-Callière Museum
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Pointe-à-Callière Museum is Montreal’s main archaeology and history museum, built over significant historic and archaeological sites that trace the city’s origins.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pointe-à-Callière Museum canonical | 2 |
| Pointe-à-Callière | 1 |
| Pointe-à-Callière, cité d’archéologie et d’histoire de Montréal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3995833 — 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: Pointe-à-Callière Museum Context triple: [Old Montreal, contains, Pointe-à-Callière Museum]
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A.
Musée du Nouveau Monde
The Musée du Nouveau Monde is a museum in La Rochelle, France, dedicated to the history and cultural exchanges between France and the Americas, particularly focusing on colonialism, slavery, and the Atlantic trade.
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B.
Canadian Museum of History
The Canadian Museum of History is a major national museum in Canada dedicated to the country’s social and cultural history, renowned for its striking architecture and extensive historical exhibits.
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C.
Redpath Museum (McGill University)
The Redpath Museum at McGill University is a natural history museum and teaching institution known for its collections in paleontology, mineralogy, zoology, and world cultures.
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D.
Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum is a major Canadian museum in Toronto renowned for its extensive collections of art, world cultures, and natural history.
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E.
Remai Modern art museum
Remai Modern art museum is a contemporary art museum in Saskatoon, Canada, known for its striking architecture and significant collection of modern and contemporary works, including an extensive holding of Picasso linocuts.
- 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: Pointe-à-Callière Museum Target entity description: Pointe-à-Callière Museum is Montreal’s main archaeology and history museum, built over significant historic and archaeological sites that trace the city’s origins.
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A.
Musée du Nouveau Monde
The Musée du Nouveau Monde is a museum in La Rochelle, France, dedicated to the history and cultural exchanges between France and the Americas, particularly focusing on colonialism, slavery, and the Atlantic trade.
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B.
Canadian Museum of History
The Canadian Museum of History is a major national museum in Canada dedicated to the country’s social and cultural history, renowned for its striking architecture and extensive historical exhibits.
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C.
Redpath Museum (McGill University)
The Redpath Museum at McGill University is a natural history museum and teaching institution known for its collections in paleontology, mineralogy, zoology, and world cultures.
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D.
Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum is a major Canadian museum in Toronto renowned for its extensive collections of art, world cultures, and natural history.
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E.
Remai Modern art museum
Remai Modern art museum is a contemporary art museum in Saskatoon, Canada, known for its striking architecture and significant collection of modern and contemporary works, including an extensive holding of Picasso linocuts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeology museum
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history museum ⓘ museum in Montreal ⓘ |
| architect |
Dan S. Hanganu
ⓘ
Provencher Roy ⓘ |
| collectionIncludes |
archaeological artifacts from Montreal
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historical documents about Montreal ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
archaeology of Montreal
ⓘ
history of Montreal ⓘ |
| hasBuildingUse | cultural institution ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionType |
permanent exhibitions
ⓘ
temporary exhibitions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mariners’ House building
ⓘ
Youville Pumping Station building ⓘ archaeological crypt ⓘ remains of the first Catholic cemetery of Montreal ⓘ remains of the first public square of Montreal ⓘ remains of the first sewer of Montreal ⓘ Éperon building ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
origins of Montreal
ⓘ
urban archaeology ⓘ |
| hasVisitorType |
school groups
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://pacmusee.qc.ca ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Site of Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
National historic site of Canada
|
| inception | 1992 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| locatedAt | 350 Place Royale, Montreal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Montreal
ⓘ
Old Montreal ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Quebec, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Montreal waterfront
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Port of Montreal
|
| locatedOn | Place Royale ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Pointe-à-Callière Museum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pointe-à-Callière
|
| occupiesSiteOf |
confluence of the St. Lawrence River and the Little Saint-Pierre River
ⓘ
original settlement area of Ville-Marie ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1992-05-17 ⓘ |
| operator |
Pointe-à-Callière Museum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pointe-à-Callière, cité d’archéologie et d’histoire de Montréal
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| ownedBy |
Montreal
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Montreal
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| significantEvent | 350th anniversary of Montreal (commemorated at opening in 1992) ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
educational programs
ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ |
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Subject: Pointe-à-Callière Museum Description of subject: Pointe-à-Callière Museum is Montreal’s main archaeology and history museum, built over significant historic and archaeological sites that trace the city’s origins.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Pointe-à-Callière
this entity surface form:
Pointe-à-Callière, cité d’archéologie et d’histoire de Montréal