Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

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art museum cultural institution museum building

The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha is a landmark waterfront museum in Qatar renowned for its vast collection of Islamic art spanning 1,400 years and its iconic modernist design by architect I. M. Pei.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Museum of Islamic Art Park	5
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha canonical	5
Museum of Islamic Art	4
Museum of Islamic Art (Doha)	1
national museum of Islamic art of Qatar	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T508658 — 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 Islamic Art, Doha
Context triple: [I. M. Pei, notableWork, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha]

A. Soumaya Museum
The Soumaya Museum is a striking, privately funded art museum in Mexico City renowned for its futuristic architecture and vast collection of European and Latin American art, including works by Rodin, Dalí, and Diego Rivera.
B. Louvre Abu Dhabi
Louvre Abu Dhabi is a major art and civilization museum in the United Arab Emirates, created in partnership with France to showcase global artworks under a striking domed architectural landmark.
C. Islamic Museum
The Islamic Museum is a cultural institution on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount that houses and exhibits Islamic art, artifacts, and historical manuscripts.
D. National Museum of Saudi Arabia
The National Museum of Saudi Arabia is a major cultural institution in Riyadh that showcases the kingdom’s history, heritage, and archaeological treasures from prehistoric times to the modern era.
E. Faisal Mosque
Faisal Mosque is a monumental contemporary mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, renowned for its unique tent-like design and status as one of the largest mosques in the world.
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 Islamic Art, Doha
Target entity description: The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha is a landmark waterfront museum in Qatar renowned for its vast collection of Islamic art spanning 1,400 years and its iconic modernist design by architect I. M. Pei.

A. Soumaya Museum
The Soumaya Museum is a striking, privately funded art museum in Mexico City renowned for its futuristic architecture and vast collection of European and Latin American art, including works by Rodin, Dalí, and Diego Rivera.
B. Louvre Abu Dhabi
Louvre Abu Dhabi is a major art and civilization museum in the United Arab Emirates, created in partnership with France to showcase global artworks under a striking domed architectural landmark.
C. Islamic Museum
The Islamic Museum is a cultural institution on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount that houses and exhibits Islamic art, artifacts, and historical manuscripts.
D. National Museum of Saudi Arabia
The National Museum of Saudi Arabia is a major cultural institution in Riyadh that showcases the kingdom’s history, heritage, and archaeological treasures from prehistoric times to the modern era.
E. Faisal Mosque
Faisal Mosque is a monumental contemporary mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, renowned for its unique tent-like design and status as one of the largest mosques in the world.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum ⓘ cultural institution ⓘ museum building ⓘ
architect	I. M. Pei ⓘ I. M. Pei ⓘ surface form: Ieoh Ming Pei
architecturalStyle	modernist architecture ⓘ
client	Qatar Museums Authority ⓘ
collectionPeriodEnd	20th century ⓘ
collectionPeriodStart	7th century ⓘ
collectionSpan	1,400 years ⓘ
collectionType	Islamic art ⓘ
country	Qatar ⓘ
floorCount	5 ⓘ
hasCollectionItemType	calligraphy ⓘ ceramics ⓘ glass ⓘ jewelry ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ metalwork ⓘ stonework ⓘ textiles ⓘ woodwork ⓘ
hasFacility	auditorium ⓘ café ⓘ education center ⓘ library ⓘ permanent galleries ⓘ restaurant ⓘ temporary exhibition galleries ⓘ
hasFeature	central atrium ⓘ geometric façade ⓘ limestone cladding ⓘ palm-lined park surroundings ⓘ
hasViewOf	Doha skyline ⓘ
inception	2008 ⓘ
locatedIn	Doha ⓘ Doha Bay ⓘ
locatedOn	waterfront ⓘ
namedAfter	Islamic art ⓘ
officialOpeningBy	Emir of Qatar ⓘ surface form: Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
openingDate	2008-11-22 ⓘ
operatedBy	Qatar Museums Authority ⓘ surface form: Qatar Museums
overlooks	Doha Corniche ⓘ
regionOfFocus	Central Asia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
servesAs	Museum of Islamic Art, Doha self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: national museum of Islamic art of Qatar
significance	landmark of Doha waterfront ⓘ major cultural attraction in Qatar ⓘ

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

I. M. Pei → notableWork → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha ⓘ

I. M. Pei → designed → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha ⓘ

Doha → hasLandmark → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Museum of Islamic Art

Qatar → nationalMuseum → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha ⓘ

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha → servesAs → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: national museum of Islamic art of Qatar

Corniche → adjacentTo → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha ⓘ

subject surface form: Corniche (Doha)