Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado

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art museum museum of contemporary art museum of modern art national museum

The Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado is a major Portuguese museum in Lisbon dedicated to modern and contemporary art, showcasing key works from the 19th century to the present.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Museu do Chiado	6
Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado canonical	3
Chiado Museum	1
MNAC – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado	1
Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea	1
Museu do Chiado – National Museum of Contemporary Art	1
National Museum of Contemporary Art – Museu do Chiado	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1133329 — 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: Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado
Context triple: [Alfredo Keil, hasWorkInCollection, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado]

A. Centro Cultural de Belém
The Centro Cultural de Belém is a major modern cultural complex in Lisbon, Portugal, renowned for its concert halls, exhibition spaces, and role as a key venue for the performing and visual arts.
B. Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum is a landmark modernist museum in Niterói, Brazil, renowned for its futuristic, saucer-like architecture overlooking Guanabara Bay.
C. Museu do Fado
Museu do Fado is a Lisbon museum dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history, music, and cultural heritage of Portuguese fado.
D. Museum of the Portuguese Language
The Museum of the Portuguese Language is a cultural and interactive institution in São Paulo dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and exploring the history, diversity, and evolution of the Portuguese language.
E. São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP)
The São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) is a major Brazilian art museum renowned for its iconic modernist building on Avenida Paulista and its outstanding collection of European and Brazilian art.
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: Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado
Target entity description: The Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado is a major Portuguese museum in Lisbon dedicated to modern and contemporary art, showcasing key works from the 19th century to the present.

A. Centro Cultural de Belém
The Centro Cultural de Belém is a major modern cultural complex in Lisbon, Portugal, renowned for its concert halls, exhibition spaces, and role as a key venue for the performing and visual arts.
B. Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum is a landmark modernist museum in Niterói, Brazil, renowned for its futuristic, saucer-like architecture overlooking Guanabara Bay.
C. Museu do Fado
Museu do Fado is a Lisbon museum dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history, music, and cultural heritage of Portuguese fado.
D. Museum of the Portuguese Language
The Museum of the Portuguese Language is a cultural and interactive institution in São Paulo dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and exploring the history, diversity, and evolution of the Portuguese language.
E. São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP)
The São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) is a major Brazilian art museum renowned for its iconic modernist building on Avenida Paulista and its outstanding collection of European and Brazilian art.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum ⓘ museum of contemporary art ⓘ museum of modern art ⓘ national museum ⓘ
architectOfMajorRenovation	Jean-Michel Wilmotte ⓘ
cityTourismCategory	major cultural attraction in Lisbon ⓘ
collectionStartDate	circa 1850s ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
formerName	Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea ⓘ linked to: Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado
hasAccessibility	public museum ⓘ
hasCollectionItemType	drawing ⓘ installation art ⓘ painting ⓘ photography ⓘ print ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video art ⓘ
hasCollectionSizeApprox	more than 5000 works ⓘ
hasCollectionType	Portuguese art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ modern art ⓘ
hasExhibitionType	permanent collection ⓘ temporary exhibitions ⓘ
hasFunction	preservation of Portuguese modern art heritage ⓘ public education ⓘ research ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.museuartecontemporanea.gov.pt ⓘ
inception	1911 ⓘ
languageOfName	Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn	Centro Histórico de Lisboa ⓘ linked to: Lisbon historic centre Chiado ⓘ Lisbon ⓘ Lisbon District ⓘ Lisbon metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInBuilding	former Convento de São Francisco da Cidade (partially) ⓘ
nearbyLandmark	Igreja de São Roque ⓘ Largo do Chiado ⓘ
notableFor	collection of Portuguese modernist painting ⓘ exhibitions of contemporary Portuguese artists ⓘ representation of 19th-century Portuguese naturalism ⓘ
operatedBy	Direção-Geral do Património Cultural ⓘ
ownedBy	Portuguese State ⓘ linked to: Portuguese state
partOf	Portuguese national museum network ⓘ
reopenedAfterRenovation	1994 ⓘ
shortName	Museu do Chiado ⓘ linked to: Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado

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