Musée de l’Élysée
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The Musée de l’Élysée is a renowned photography museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, dedicated to the preservation, exhibition, and study of photographic art and visual culture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cantonal Museum of Photography | 1 |
| Musée de l’Elysée | 1 |
| Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne | 1 |
| Musée de l’Élysée canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1239393 — 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: Musée de l’Élysée Context triple: [Lausanne, hasCulturalInstitution, Musée de l’Élysée]
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A.
Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou is a major Parisian cultural complex renowned for its high-tech architecture and vast collection of modern and contemporary art.
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B.
Musée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a renowned Parisian museum housed in a former railway station, famous for its extensive collection of 19th- and early 20th-century art, including major Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.
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C.
Centre Pompidou-Metz
Centre Pompidou-Metz is a contemporary art museum in Metz, France, renowned for its innovative, tent-like architectural design and its role as a major cultural offshoot of Paris’s Centre Pompidou.
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D.
Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel is a renowned art museum in Basel, Switzerland, celebrated for its extensive collection of fine art from the Renaissance to modern times, including major works by artists such as Paul Cézanne.
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E.
Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design was a Norwegian institution dedicated to applied arts, design, and crafts that later became part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.
- 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: Musée de l’Élysée Target entity description: The Musée de l’Élysée is a renowned photography museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, dedicated to the preservation, exhibition, and study of photographic art and visual culture.
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A.
Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou is a major Parisian cultural complex renowned for its high-tech architecture and vast collection of modern and contemporary art.
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B.
Musée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a renowned Parisian museum housed in a former railway station, famous for its extensive collection of 19th- and early 20th-century art, including major Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.
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C.
Centre Pompidou-Metz
Centre Pompidou-Metz is a contemporary art museum in Metz, France, renowned for its innovative, tent-like architectural design and its role as a major cultural offshoot of Paris’s Centre Pompidou.
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D.
Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel is a renowned art museum in Basel, Switzerland, celebrated for its extensive collection of fine art from the Renaissance to modern times, including major works by artists such as Paul Cézanne.
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E.
Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design was a Norwegian institution dedicated to applied arts, design, and crafts that later became part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
ⓘ
photography museum ⓘ |
| city | Lausanne ⓘ |
| collectionSize | over one million photographs ⓘ |
| collectionType |
digital photographs
ⓘ
photographic albums ⓘ photographic archives ⓘ photographic books ⓘ photographic negatives ⓘ photographic prints ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
photography
ⓘ
visual culture ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
photographic art
ⓘ
photographic exhibition ⓘ photographic preservation ⓘ photographic research ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Swiss photography
ⓘ
contemporary photography ⓘ historical photography ⓘ international photography ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1985 ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
conservation of photographic works
ⓘ
educational programs ⓘ public events ⓘ publishing catalogues ⓘ research in photography ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionType |
monographic exhibitions
ⓘ
retrospective exhibitions ⓘ temporary exhibitions ⓘ thematic exhibitions ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringInstitution |
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne
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linked to:
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts
mudac (Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts) ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.elysee.ch ⓘ |
| inception | 1985 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lake Geneva region
ⓘ
Lausanne ⓘ canton of Vaud ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lake Geneva ⓘ |
| movedTo | Plateforme 10 arts district ⓘ |
| notableFor |
major European institution for photographic art
ⓘ
one of the first museums entirely devoted to photography ⓘ |
| originalBuildingType | 19th-century mansion ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Avenue de l’Élysée, Lausanne ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Canton of Vaud ⓘ |
| partOf |
Plateforme 10
ⓘ
arts district of Lausanne ⓘ |
| relocatedIn | 2022 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Musée de l’Élysée Description of subject: The Musée de l’Élysée is a renowned photography museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, dedicated to the preservation, exhibition, and study of photographic art and visual culture.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lausanne, Switzerland
linked to: Musée de l’Élysée
linked to: Musée de l’Élysée
linked to: Musée de l’Élysée