Department of Asian Art

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curatorial department museum department

The Department of Asian Art is a curatorial division of the Metropolitan Museum of Art responsible for collecting, researching, and exhibiting artworks and artifacts from diverse Asian cultures and historical periods.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Asian Art Department	1
Department of Asian Art canonical	1
Department of Asian Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4000 — 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: Department of Asian Art
Context triple: [Metropolitan Museum of Art, hasDepartment, Department of Asian Art]

A. Department of Islamic Art
The Department of Islamic Art is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s curatorial division dedicated to the collection, research, and exhibition of artworks and material culture from Islamic civilizations across a wide geographic and historical span.
B. Department of Greek and Roman Art
The Department of Greek and Roman Art is a curatorial division of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that oversees and presents its collection of ancient Mediterranean artworks, including sculpture, pottery, jewelry, and architectural fragments from classical antiquity.
C. Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Department of Modern and Contemporary Art is the division of the Metropolitan Museum of Art responsible for collecting, researching, and exhibiting artworks from the late 19th century to the present.
D. Faculty of Archaeology
The Faculty of Archaeology is a specialized academic division of Cairo University dedicated to the study, research, and preservation of ancient civilizations and material heritage.
E. Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the museum’s principal governing body, composed of leaders who oversee its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
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: Department of Asian Art
Target entity description: The Department of Asian Art is a curatorial division of the Metropolitan Museum of Art responsible for collecting, researching, and exhibiting artworks and artifacts from diverse Asian cultures and historical periods.

A. Department of Islamic Art
The Department of Islamic Art is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s curatorial division dedicated to the collection, research, and exhibition of artworks and material culture from Islamic civilizations across a wide geographic and historical span.
B. Department of Greek and Roman Art
The Department of Greek and Roman Art is a curatorial division of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that oversees and presents its collection of ancient Mediterranean artworks, including sculpture, pottery, jewelry, and architectural fragments from classical antiquity.
C. Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Department of Modern and Contemporary Art is the division of the Metropolitan Museum of Art responsible for collecting, researching, and exhibiting artworks from the late 19th century to the present.
D. Faculty of Archaeology
The Faculty of Archaeology is a specialized academic division of Cairo University dedicated to the study, research, and preservation of ancient civilizations and material heritage.
E. Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the museum’s principal governing body, composed of leaders who oversee its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	curatorial department ⓘ museum department ⓘ
collaboratesWith	cultural institutions in Asia ⓘ external scholars ⓘ other departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
employs	collection managers ⓘ conservators ⓘ curators ⓘ researchers ⓘ
field	Asian art ⓘ art history ⓘ museum curation ⓘ
focusesOn	Asian ceramics ⓘ Asian metalwork ⓘ Asian painting ⓘ Asian sculpture ⓘ Asian textiles ⓘ ancient Asian art ⓘ art from Central Asia ⓘ art from East Asia ⓘ art from Islamic Asia ⓘ art from South Asia ⓘ art from Southeast Asia ⓘ art from the Himalayan regions ⓘ early modern Asian art ⓘ medieval Asian art ⓘ traditional Asian decorative arts ⓘ
hasCollectionType	archaeological artifacts ⓘ artworks ⓘ historical objects ⓘ
hasParentOrganization	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/asian-art ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
locatedInCity	New York City ⓘ
locatedInCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedInState	New York ⓘ
offers	educational programs ⓘ permanent collection displays ⓘ scholarly publications ⓘ temporary exhibitions ⓘ
partOf	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
responsibleFor	collecting Asian artworks ⓘ exhibiting Asian artworks ⓘ researching Asian artworks ⓘ stewardship of Asian art collections ⓘ
sector	nonprofit cultural sector ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metropolitan Museum of Art → hasDepartment → Department of Asian Art ⓘ

National Gallery of Australia → hasCuratorialDepartment → Asian Art Department ⓘ

linked to: Department of Asian Art

curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art → includesDepartment → Department of Asian Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ