Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is one of Canada’s most prominent art museums, renowned for its extensive collections spanning classical to contemporary art and its major exhibitions in the heart of Montreal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Montreal Museum of Fine Arts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5910699 — 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: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Context triple: [Downtown Montreal, hasPart, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]
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A.
Pointe-à-Callière Museum
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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B.
National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada is the country’s premier national art museum in Ottawa, renowned for its extensive collection of Canadian and Indigenous art as well as major international works.
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C.
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.
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D.
Montreal Nature Museums
Montreal Nature Museums is a network of natural science institutions in Montreal that includes attractions like the Biodome, Insectarium, Botanical Garden, and Planetarium, dedicated to education, conservation, and research on nature and the environment.
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E.
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.
- 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: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Target entity description: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is one of Canada’s most prominent art museums, renowned for its extensive collections spanning classical to contemporary art and its major exhibitions in the heart of Montreal.
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A.
Pointe-à-Callière Museum
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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B.
National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada is the country’s premier national art museum in Ottawa, renowned for its extensive collection of Canadian and Indigenous art as well as major international works.
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C.
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.
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D.
Montreal Nature Museums
Montreal Nature Museums is a network of natural science institutions in Montreal that includes attractions like the Biodome, Insectarium, Botanical Garden, and Planetarium, dedicated to education, conservation, and research on nature and the environment.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
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museum ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect |
Edward Maxwell
NERFINISHED
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Moshe Safdie NERFINISHED ⓘ Provencher Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ William Sutherland Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionSize | over 40,000 works ⓘ |
| collectionType |
Canadian art
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European art ⓘ archaeology ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ crafts ⓘ decorative arts ⓘ design ⓘ fine arts ⓘ world cultures ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| director | Stéphane Aquin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName |
Art Association of Montreal
NERFINISHED
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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Inc. (Art Association of Montreal) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1860 ⓘ |
| founder | Art Association of Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBuilding |
Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion
NERFINISHED
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Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion NERFINISHED ⓘ Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion NERFINISHED ⓘ Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion NERFINISHED ⓘ Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cinema
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concert hall ⓘ educational spaces ⓘ library and archives ⓘ outdoor sculpture garden ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contemporary art exhibitions
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major temporary exhibitions ⓘ permanent collection of Canadian art ⓘ permanent collection of European old masters ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation |
English
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French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Golden Square Mile
NERFINISHED
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Montreal ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Canadian Museums Association
NERFINISHED
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International Council of Museums NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess |
Guy–Concordia station
NERFINISHED
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Peel station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
major building expansion in the 1990s
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opening of the Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion in 2011 ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 1380 Sherbrooke Street West ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mbam.qc.ca ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Description of subject: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is one of Canada’s most prominent art museums, renowned for its extensive collections spanning classical to contemporary art and its major exhibitions in the heart of Montreal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Downtown Montreal