Costume and Textiles Department
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The Costume and Textiles Department is the curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art dedicated to researching, preserving, and exhibiting historic and contemporary dress, fashion, and textile arts from around the world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Costume and Textiles Department canonical | 1 |
| Department of The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T273806 — 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: Costume and Textiles Department Context triple: [Los Angeles County Museum of Art, hasCuratorialDepartment, Costume and Textiles Department]
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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.
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Department of Asian Art
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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Department of Restoration
The Department of Restoration is an academic unit at Cairo University's Faculty of Archaeology specializing in the conservation and restoration of archaeological artifacts and cultural heritage.
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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.
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E.
Renwick Gallery
The Renwick Gallery is a Smithsonian art museum in Washington, D.C., renowned for its exhibitions of American craft and decorative arts.
- 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: Costume and Textiles Department Target entity description: The Costume and Textiles Department is the curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art dedicated to researching, preserving, and exhibiting historic and contemporary dress, fashion, and textile arts from around the world.
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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.
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B.
Department of Asian Art
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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C.
Department of Restoration
The Department of Restoration is an academic unit at Cairo University's Faculty of Archaeology specializing in the conservation and restoration of archaeological artifacts and cultural heritage.
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D.
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.
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E.
Renwick Gallery
The Renwick Gallery is a Smithsonian art museum in Washington, D.C., renowned for its exhibitions of American craft and decorative arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
curatorial department
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museum department ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
California cultural institutions
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Los Angeles County ⓘ |
| collectionType |
accessories
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contemporary clothing ⓘ costumes ⓘ fashion garments ⓘ historic clothing ⓘ textiles ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
costume history
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fashion history ⓘ museum curation ⓘ textile conservation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
contemporary dress
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fashion ⓘ global textile traditions ⓘ historic dress ⓘ textile arts ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
collection preservation
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collection research ⓘ curating exhibitions ⓘ educational programming ⓘ public display of objects ⓘ scholarly publication ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
art history
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design history ⓘ material culture studies ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFacility |
LACMA campus
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linked to:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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| location | Los Angeles, California ⓘ |
| mission |
exhibiting dress, fashion, and textile arts
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preserving dress, fashion, and textile arts ⓘ researching dress, fashion, and textile arts ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ |
| partOf | Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ |
| scope |
contemporary objects
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historic objects ⓘ international collections ⓘ |
| sector |
arts and culture
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heritage preservation ⓘ |
| servesAudience |
fashion professionals
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museum visitors ⓘ researchers ⓘ students ⓘ |
| typeOfCollection | specialized art collection ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Costume and Textiles Department Description of subject: The Costume and Textiles Department is the curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art dedicated to researching, preserving, and exhibiting historic and contemporary dress, fashion, and textile arts from around the world.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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includesDepartment
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Department of The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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linked to: Costume and Textiles Department