Museum der Weltkulturen

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ethnological museum museum

The Museum der Weltkulturen is an ethnological museum in Frankfurt am Main that focuses on global cultures and contemporary perspectives on non-European societies.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Museum of World Cultures	2
Museum der Weltkulturen canonical	1
Museum für Völkerkunde	1
Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen	1
Weltkulturen Museum	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2060368 — 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 der Weltkulturen
Context triple: [Museumsufer Frankfurt, hasPart, Museum der Weltkulturen]

A. Humboldt Forum
The Humboldt Forum is a major museum and cultural center in Berlin, housed in the reconstructed Berlin Palace and dedicated to art, culture, and science from around the world.
B. 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.
C. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is a major Madrid art museum renowned for its extensive collection spanning from Old Masters to modern and contemporary works, forming part of the city’s celebrated “Golden Triangle of Art.”
D. Bode Museum
The Bode Museum is a renowned art museum on Berlin’s Museum Island, noted for its extensive collections of sculpture, Byzantine art, and coins and medals.
E. Ncome Museum
Ncome Museum is a South African heritage institution that commemorates the historic Battle of Blood River and explores its significance from multiple cultural perspectives.
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 der Weltkulturen
Target entity description: The Museum der Weltkulturen is an ethnological museum in Frankfurt am Main that focuses on global cultures and contemporary perspectives on non-European societies.

A. Humboldt Forum
The Humboldt Forum is a major museum and cultural center in Berlin, housed in the reconstructed Berlin Palace and dedicated to art, culture, and science from around the world.
B. 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.
C. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is a major Madrid art museum renowned for its extensive collection spanning from Old Masters to modern and contemporary works, forming part of the city’s celebrated “Golden Triangle of Art.”
D. Bode Museum
The Bode Museum is a renowned art museum on Berlin’s Museum Island, noted for its extensive collections of sculpture, Byzantine art, and coins and medals.
E. Ncome Museum
Ncome Museum is a South African heritage institution that commemorates the historic Battle of Blood River and explores its significance from multiple cultural perspectives.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnological museum ⓘ museum ⓘ
city	Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
collectionOriginRegion	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Oceania ⓘ the Americas ⓘ linked to: Americas
country	Germany ⓘ
focusesOn	contemporary perspectives on non-European societies ⓘ global cultures ⓘ non-European societies ⓘ
hasBuildingCount	3 ⓘ
hasCollectionSize	over 60,000 objects ⓘ
hasCollectionType	contemporary art ⓘ documents ⓘ ethnographic objects ⓘ films ⓘ photographs ⓘ sound recordings ⓘ textiles ⓘ
hasCuratorialApproach	collaborative projects with source communities ⓘ contemporary artistic interventions ⓘ critical examination of colonial histories ⓘ
hasExhibitionType	permanent exhibitions ⓘ temporary exhibitions ⓘ
hasFormerName	Museum für Völkerkunde ⓘ linked to: Museum der Weltkulturen
hasFunction	educational institution ⓘ public museum ⓘ research institution ⓘ
hasNeighbour	Deutsches Filmmuseum ⓘ Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt ⓘ linked to: Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt)
inception	1904 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
locatedBy	River Main ⓘ
locatedIn	Frankfurt am Main ⓘ Hesse ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOn	Schaumainkai ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.museumderweltkulturen.de ⓘ
ownedBy	City of Frankfurt am Main ⓘ linked to: Frankfurt am Main
partOf	Museumsufer Frankfurt ⓘ
postalCode	60594 ⓘ
streetAddress	Schaumainkai 29–37 ⓘ
subjectArea	cultural anthropology ⓘ ethnology ⓘ
usesBuildingType	19th-century villas ⓘ

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