Museum of Colorado Prisons
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The Museum of Colorado Prisons is a historical museum housed in a former women’s prison that showcases the history of Colorado’s correctional system through original cells, artifacts, and exhibits.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Museum of Colorado Prisons canonical | 1 |
| former Colorado Women’s Prison | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3041251 — 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 of Colorado Prisons Context triple: [Cañon City, hasAttraction, Museum of Colorado Prisons]
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A.
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park is a preserved 19th-century Arizona prison complex turned museum that interprets the harsh conditions and history of the Old West penal system.
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B.
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.
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C.
Lincoln Prison
Lincoln Prison is a correctional facility located in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
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D.
Missouri State Penitentiary historic site
The Missouri State Penitentiary historic site is a former maximum-security prison turned museum and tour destination, known for its 19th-century architecture, notorious inmates, and reputation as one of the oldest and most infamous prisons in the United States.
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E.
Cherokee National Prison Museum
The Cherokee National Prison Museum is a historic site and museum in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, that interprets the history of law, order, and incarceration in the Cherokee Nation.
- 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 of Colorado Prisons Target entity description: The Museum of Colorado Prisons is a historical museum housed in a former women’s prison that showcases the history of Colorado’s correctional system through original cells, artifacts, and exhibits.
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A.
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park is a preserved 19th-century Arizona prison complex turned museum that interprets the harsh conditions and history of the Old West penal system.
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B.
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth is a historic federal prison in Kansas known for housing some of the most notorious American criminals of the 20th century.
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C.
Lincoln Prison
Lincoln Prison is a correctional facility located in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
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D.
Missouri State Penitentiary historic site
The Missouri State Penitentiary historic site is a former maximum-security prison turned museum and tour destination, known for its 19th-century architecture, notorious inmates, and reputation as one of the oldest and most infamous prisons in the United States.
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E.
Cherokee National Prison Museum
The Cherokee National Prison Museum is a historic site and museum in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, that interprets the history of law, order, and incarceration in the Cherokee Nation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
history museum
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museum ⓘ prison museum ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early 20th-century institutional architecture ⓘ |
| city | Cañon City ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 38.444°N 105.235°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| exhibits |
contraband items
ⓘ
documents related to Colorado prisons ⓘ execution-related artifacts ⓘ original prison cells ⓘ photographs of inmates and staff ⓘ prison artifacts ⓘ weapons and restraints ⓘ women’s prison history displays ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Colorado Department of Corrections history
ⓘ
Colorado prison system ⓘ |
| hasBuildingUse | museum ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
cell furnishings
ⓘ
historical documents ⓘ penal artifacts ⓘ photographic archives ⓘ prison uniforms ⓘ restraint devices ⓘ |
| hasTourType |
guided tours
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self-guided tours ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://prisonmuseum.org/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic site ⓘ |
| housedIn | former women’s prison building ⓘ |
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Fremont County, Colorado ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNextTo | Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction | Royal Gorge Region attractions ⓘ |
| occupies |
former Colorado Women’s Prison
ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Colorado Prisons
|
| openingDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| previousBuildingUse | women’s correctional facility ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
articles on prison history in Colorado
ⓘ
tourism brochures about Cañon City ⓘ |
| theme |
history of Colorado’s correctional system
ⓘ
penal history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Museum of Colorado Prisons Description of subject: The Museum of Colorado Prisons is a historical museum housed in a former women’s prison that showcases the history of Colorado’s correctional system through original cells, artifacts, and exhibits.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Museum of Colorado Prisons