Weisman Art Museum
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The Weisman Art Museum is a modern art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, renowned for its distinctive, sculptural stainless-steel building designed by architect Frank Gehry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Weisman Art Museum canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T327710 — 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: Weisman Art Museum Context triple: [Frank Gehry, notableWork, Weisman Art Museum]
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A.
Heckscher Museum of Art
The Heckscher Museum of Art is a regional art museum in Huntington, New York, known for its collection of American and European paintings, works on paper, and its role in Long Island’s cultural life.
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B.
Neuberger Museum of Art
The Neuberger Museum of Art is a modern and contemporary art museum located on the campus of Purchase College in Westchester County, New York, known for its significant collection of 20th-century works and African art.
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C.
Art Gallery of Ontario
The Art Gallery of Ontario is one of Canada's largest and most prominent art museums, renowned for its extensive collection of Canadian and international art and its striking Frank Gehry–designed architecture.
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D.
Walker Art Center
Walker Art Center is a renowned contemporary art museum and multidisciplinary cultural institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for its innovative exhibitions and adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.
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E.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Art is a major fine arts museum in Minneapolis renowned for its extensive global art collection spanning thousands of years and diverse cultures.
- 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: Weisman Art Museum Target entity description: The Weisman Art Museum is a modern art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, renowned for its distinctive, sculptural stainless-steel building designed by architect Frank Gehry.
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A.
Heckscher Museum of Art
The Heckscher Museum of Art is a regional art museum in Huntington, New York, known for its collection of American and European paintings, works on paper, and its role in Long Island’s cultural life.
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B.
Neuberger Museum of Art
The Neuberger Museum of Art is a modern and contemporary art museum located on the campus of Purchase College in Westchester County, New York, known for its significant collection of 20th-century works and African art.
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C.
Art Gallery of Ontario
The Art Gallery of Ontario is one of Canada's largest and most prominent art museums, renowned for its extensive collection of Canadian and international art and its striking Frank Gehry–designed architecture.
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D.
Walker Art Center
Walker Art Center is a renowned contemporary art museum and multidisciplinary cultural institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for its innovative exhibitions and adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.
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E.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Art is a major fine arts museum in Minneapolis renowned for its extensive global art collection spanning thousands of years and diverse cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
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university museum ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| architect | Frank Gehry ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Deconstructivism ⓘ |
| category |
Art museums established in the 20th century
ⓘ
Frank Gehry buildings ⓘ
linked to:
Frank Gehry building
Museums in Minneapolis ⓘ University museums in Minnesota ⓘ |
| collectionType |
American art
ⓘ
Mingei Japanese folk art ⓘ Native American art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ modern art ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerName | University Gallery ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
ceramics
ⓘ
paintings ⓘ photography ⓘ prints ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
educational programs
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exhibition space ⓘ research in art and art history ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minneapolis
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Minnesota
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| material |
brick
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stainless steel ⓘ |
| name | Weisman Art Museum ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Frederick R. Weisman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive sculptural stainless-steel façade
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iconic campus landmark of the University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1993 ⓘ |
| overlooks | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| partOf | cultural institutions in Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess |
METRO Green Line (East Bank station)
ⓘ
linked to:
METRO Green Line
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| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| typeOfBuilding | museum building ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Weisman Art Museum Description of subject: The Weisman Art Museum is a modern art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, renowned for its distinctive, sculptural stainless-steel building designed by architect Frank Gehry.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.