American Folk Art Museum, New York

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art museum cultural institution

The American Folk Art Museum in New York is a cultural institution dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of traditional and contemporary folk, self-taught, and outsider art.

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Label	Occurrences
American Folk Art Museum building in New York City	2
Museum of Early American Folk Arts	2
American Folk Art Museum	1
American Folk Art Museum, New York canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5822522 — 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: American Folk Art Museum, New York
Context triple: [Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, notableWork, American Folk Art Museum, New York]

A. 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.
B. The Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Bronx Museum of the Arts is a contemporary art museum in New York City known for showcasing diverse, often underrepresented artists with a focus on Bronx and Latin American art.
C. Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art is a major New York City museum renowned for its extensive collection and exhibitions of 20th- and 21st-century American art.
D. Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is a major art museum in New York City known for its extensive and diverse collections, including significant holdings of American, Egyptian, African, and contemporary art.
E. Hudson River Museum
The Hudson River Museum is a regional art, history, and science museum in Yonkers known for its collections, exhibitions, and planetarium overlooking the Hudson River.
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: American Folk Art Museum, New York
Target entity description: The American Folk Art Museum in New York is a cultural institution dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of traditional and contemporary folk, self-taught, and outsider art.

A. 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.
B. The Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Bronx Museum of the Arts is a contemporary art museum in New York City known for showcasing diverse, often underrepresented artists with a focus on Bronx and Latin American art.
C. Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art is a major New York City museum renowned for its extensive collection and exhibitions of 20th- and 21st-century American art.
D. Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is a major art museum in New York City known for its extensive and diverse collections, including significant holdings of American, Egyptian, African, and contemporary art.
E. Hudson River Museum
The Hudson River Museum is a regional art, history, and science museum in Yonkers known for its collections, exhibitions, and planetarium overlooking the Hudson River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum ⓘ cultural institution ⓘ
city	New York ⓘ linked to: New York City
collectionIncludes	carvings ⓘ contemporary self-taught art ⓘ frakturs ⓘ paintings ⓘ quilts ⓘ sculpture ⓘ textiles ⓘ trade signs ⓘ weathervanes ⓘ
collectionSize	over 8,000 works ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dedicatedTo	folk art ⓘ outsider art ⓘ self-taught art ⓘ
focusesOn	contemporary folk art ⓘ outsider artists ⓘ self-taught artists ⓘ traditional American folk art ⓘ
formerName	Museum of Early American Folk Arts ⓘ linked to: American Folk Art Museum, New York
foundedAs	Museum of Early American Folk Arts ⓘ linked to: American Folk Art Museum, New York
founder	Adele Earnest ⓘ Bishop Frederick R. McDowell ⓘ Cordelia Hamilton May ⓘ Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr. ⓘ Ralph Esmerian ⓘ
hasCollectionStrength	American folk painting ⓘ self-taught art of the 20th and 21st centuries ⓘ traditional crafts ⓘ vernacular sculpture ⓘ
hasExhibitionType	permanent collection exhibitions ⓘ temporary exhibitions ⓘ
hasProgram	educational programs ⓘ family programs ⓘ lectures ⓘ public programs ⓘ workshops ⓘ
inception	1961 ⓘ
locatedIn	Lincoln Square, Manhattan ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Square Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
operatedBy	nonprofit organization ⓘ
postalCode	10023 ⓘ
regionServed	New York metropolitan area ⓘ international visitors ⓘ
renamed	American Folk Art Museum ⓘ linked to: American Folk Art Museum, New York
renamedYear	1966 ⓘ
servesAs	resource for the study of folk and self-taught art ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
streetAddress	2 Lincoln Square ⓘ
website	https://folkartmuseum.org ⓘ