Willard House and Clock Museum
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The Willard House and Clock Museum is a historic museum in Grafton, Massachusetts, dedicated to the Willard family of clockmakers and their early American timepieces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Willard House and Clock Museum canonical | 2 |
| Willard family clocks | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9180391 — 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: Willard House and Clock Museum Context triple: [Grafton, Massachusetts, hasHistoricSite, Willard House and Clock Museum]
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A.
American Clock and Watch Museum
The American Clock and Watch Museum is a specialized museum in Bristol, Connecticut, dedicated to the history and craftsmanship of clocks, watches, and American timekeeping.
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B.
Anderson House museum
The Anderson House museum is a historic mansion in Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters and museum of the Society of the Cincinnati, showcasing American Revolutionary War history and related collections.
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C.
Hall House Museum
Hall House Museum is a historic 19th-century house museum in Salisbury, North Carolina, that preserves and interprets local history and period domestic life.
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D.
Square House Museum
Square House Museum is a historic house museum in Rye, New York, showcasing local colonial-era history and architecture.
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E.
Flavel House Museum
Flavel House Museum is a historic Victorian mansion and museum in Astoria, Oregon, known for its well-preserved Queen Anne architecture and role in showcasing the region’s late 19th-century history.
- 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: Willard House and Clock Museum Target entity description: The Willard House and Clock Museum is a historic museum in Grafton, Massachusetts, dedicated to the Willard family of clockmakers and their early American timepieces.
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A.
American Clock and Watch Museum
The American Clock and Watch Museum is a specialized museum in Bristol, Connecticut, dedicated to the history and craftsmanship of clocks, watches, and American timekeeping.
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B.
Anderson House museum
The Anderson House museum is a historic mansion in Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters and museum of the Society of the Cincinnati, showcasing American Revolutionary War history and related collections.
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C.
Hall House Museum
Hall House Museum is a historic 19th-century house museum in Salisbury, North Carolina, that preserves and interprets local history and period domestic life.
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D.
Square House Museum
Square House Museum is a historic house museum in Rye, New York, showcasing local colonial-era history and architecture.
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E.
Flavel House Museum
Flavel House Museum is a historic Victorian mansion and museum in Astoria, Oregon, known for its well-preserved Queen Anne architecture and role in showcasing the region’s late 19th-century history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house museum
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history museum ⓘ horological museum ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | New England colonial architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Historic house museums in Massachusetts
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Horological museums in the United States ⓘ Museums in Worcester County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
American clockmaking
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Willard family ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
Willard family clocks
ⓘ
linked to:
Willard House and Clock Museum
antique timepieces ⓘ early American clocks ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | approximate coordinates in Grafton, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionType |
permanent exhibitions
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temporary exhibitions ⓘ |
| hasMainBuilding | Willard House ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Willard family history
ⓘ
history of American horology ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official website of Willard House and Clock Museum ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationAppliesToPart | Willard House ⓘ |
| inception | 20th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Grafton, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Massachusetts
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Worcester County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Grafton Common ⓘ |
| name | Willard House and Clock Museum ⓘ |
| occupies | historic Willard family homestead ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Willard House and Clock Museum Description of subject: The Willard House and Clock Museum is a historic museum in Grafton, Massachusetts, dedicated to the Willard family of clockmakers and their early American timepieces.
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linked to: Willard House and Clock Museum