Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

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museum in Paris natural history museum research institution

The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is France’s national natural history museum in Paris, renowned for its scientific research, vast collections, and public galleries on biodiversity, geology, and evolution.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle	27
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle canonical	15
Jardin des Plantes	14
Grande Galerie de l’Évolution	2
Galerie de Minéralogie et de Géologie	1
Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée	1
Galerie des oiseaux	1
Jardin des Plantes botanical garden	1
MNHN	1
Musee d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris	1
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris)	1
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle network	1
Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1388086 — 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: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Context triple: [Claude Bernard, employer, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle]

A. Musée de l’Homme
The Musée de l’Homme is a Parisian anthropology museum dedicated to the study of human evolution, societies, and cultures, located in the Trocadéro area overlooking the Eiffel Tower.
B. Musée de France
Musée de France is a French national museum designation granted to institutions that meet specific standards for preserving and presenting public art and heritage collections.
C. Petit Palais
Petit Palais is a Beaux-Arts museum in Paris that houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts, renowned for its collections of paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts.
D. Musée d’Archéologie Nationale
The Musée d’Archéologie Nationale is France’s national archaeology museum, renowned for its extensive collections spanning prehistoric to early medieval artifacts.
E. Jardin des Plantes de Nantes
Jardin des Plantes de Nantes is a historic botanical garden in Nantes, France, renowned for its diverse plant collections, landscaped grounds, and role as a major public green space in the city.
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: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Target entity description: The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is France’s national natural history museum in Paris, renowned for its scientific research, vast collections, and public galleries on biodiversity, geology, and evolution.

A. Musée de l’Homme
The Musée de l’Homme is a Parisian anthropology museum dedicated to the study of human evolution, societies, and cultures, located in the Trocadéro area overlooking the Eiffel Tower.
B. Musée de France
Musée de France is a French national museum designation granted to institutions that meet specific standards for preserving and presenting public art and heritage collections.
C. Petit Palais
Petit Palais is a Beaux-Arts museum in Paris that houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts, renowned for its collections of paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts.
D. Musée d’Archéologie Nationale
The Musée d’Archéologie Nationale is France’s national archaeology museum, renowned for its extensive collections spanning prehistoric to early medieval artifacts.
E. Jardin des Plantes de Nantes
Jardin des Plantes de Nantes is a historic botanical garden in Nantes, France, renowned for its diverse plant collections, landscaped grounds, and role as a major public green space in the city.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	museum in Paris ⓘ natural history museum ⓘ research institution ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
foundedIn	1793 ⓘ
governedBy	French Ministry of Ecological Transition ⓘ linked to: French Ministry for the Ecological Transition (transport portfolio) French Ministry of Higher Education and Research ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	MNHN ⓘ linked to: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
hasActivity	conservation biology research ⓘ public exhibitions ⓘ taxonomy and species description ⓘ university-level teaching ⓘ
hasCollectionSize	one of the largest natural history collections in the world ⓘ
hasCollectionType	anthropology collections ⓘ botany collections ⓘ entomology collections ⓘ geology collections ⓘ herbarium ⓘ mineralogy collections ⓘ paleontology collections ⓘ zoology collections ⓘ
hasFieldOfStudy	anthropology ⓘ biodiversity ⓘ ecology ⓘ evolution ⓘ geology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ systematics ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	grand établissement of France ⓘ
hasMission	public education in natural sciences ⓘ scientific research in natural history ⓘ
hasNativeName	Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding	Galerie de Minéralogie et de Géologie ⓘ linked to: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée ⓘ linked to: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Grande Galerie de l’Évolution ⓘ linked to: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes ⓘ linked to: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
hasNotableSite	Arboretum de Chèvreloup ⓘ Jardin des Plantes botanical garden ⓘ linked to: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Muséum de l’Homme ⓘ linked to: Musée de l’Homme Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer ⓘ Parc zoologique de Paris ⓘ linked to: Paris Zoological Park Station de biologie marine de Concarneau ⓘ
hasNotableTheme	Earth sciences ⓘ biodiversity conservation ⓘ evolution of life ⓘ
hasType	public institution ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.mnhn.fr ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
locatedIn	5th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ Jardin des Plantes ⓘ linked to: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris ⓘ
locatedOn	left bank of the Seine ⓘ
precededBy	Jardin royal des plantes médicinales ⓘ linked to: Jardin du Roi

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