Department of Photographs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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curatorial department museum department

The Department of Photographs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the museum’s curatorial division dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying, and exhibiting photographic works from the medium’s origins to the present.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Department of Photograph Conservation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art	1
Department of Photograph Conservation – The Met	1
Department of Photographs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2696789 — 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 Photographs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Context triple: [curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, includesDepartment, Department of Photographs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art]

A. Department of Drawings and Prints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Department of Drawings and Prints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the museum’s curatorial division dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting works on paper, including drawings, prints, and illustrated books from across periods and cultures.
B. curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art are specialized divisions responsible for researching, preserving, and presenting the museum’s collections across diverse artistic and historical fields.
C. Département des Estampes et de la photographie
The Département des Estampes et de la photographie is a major curatorial and research department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France specializing in the collection, preservation, and study of prints, engravings, and photographic works.
D. Conservation departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Conservation departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art are specialized units responsible for preserving, studying, and restoring the museum’s collections across diverse materials and time periods.
E. Prints and Photographs Division
The Prints and Photographs Division is a major research unit of the Library of Congress that preserves and provides access to an extensive collection of visual materials, including photographs, prints, drawings, and other graphic works.
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 Photographs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Target entity description: The Department of Photographs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the museum’s curatorial division dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying, and exhibiting photographic works from the medium’s origins to the present.

A. Department of Drawings and Prints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Department of Drawings and Prints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the museum’s curatorial division dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting works on paper, including drawings, prints, and illustrated books from across periods and cultures.
B. curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art are specialized divisions responsible for researching, preserving, and presenting the museum’s collections across diverse artistic and historical fields.
C. Département des Estampes et de la photographie
The Département des Estampes et de la photographie is a major curatorial and research department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France specializing in the collection, preservation, and study of prints, engravings, and photographic works.
D. Conservation departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Conservation departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art are specialized units responsible for preserving, studying, and restoring the museum’s collections across diverse materials and time periods.
E. Prints and Photographs Division
The Prints and Photographs Division is a major research unit of the Library of Congress that preserves and provides access to an extensive collection of visual materials, including photographs, prints, drawings, and other graphic works.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	curatorial department ⓘ museum department ⓘ
collectionIncludes	19th-century photography ⓘ 20th-century photography ⓘ 21st-century photography ⓘ albumen prints ⓘ architectural photography ⓘ art photography ⓘ color photographs ⓘ contemporary photography ⓘ daguerreotypes ⓘ digital photographs ⓘ documentary photography ⓘ experimental photography ⓘ gelatin silver prints ⓘ landscape photography ⓘ photographic albums ⓘ photographic books ⓘ photographic negatives ⓘ portrait photography ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fieldOfWork	art history ⓘ conservation of photographs ⓘ museum curation ⓘ photography ⓘ
hasCollectionType	art museum photography collection ⓘ
hasPart	conservation lab ⓘ curatorial offices ⓘ digital photography collection ⓘ exhibition galleries ⓘ photographic album collection ⓘ photographic negative collection ⓘ photographic print collection ⓘ study collection ⓘ study room ⓘ
hasRole	collecting photographs ⓘ exhibiting photographs ⓘ organizing photographic exhibitions ⓘ preserving photographs ⓘ publishing research on photography ⓘ studying photographs ⓘ supporting scholarly access to photographic collections ⓘ
inception	20th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Manhattan ⓘ New York State ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
location	1000 Fifth Avenue, New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ
ownedBy	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
parentOrganization	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
partOf	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
website	https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/photographs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

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

Conservation departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art → hasPart → Department of Photograph Conservation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ

linked to: Department of Photographs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Conservation departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art → hasPart → Department of Photograph Conservation – The Met ⓘ