Museum of Ethnography of Geneva

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ethnographic museum

The Museum of Ethnography of Geneva is a cultural institution in Geneva, Switzerland, dedicated to exhibiting and preserving ethnographic collections from diverse societies around the world.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Musée d’ethnographie de Genève	2
Museum of Ethnography of Geneva canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10331890 — 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 Ethnography of Geneva
Context triple: [Plainpalais, hasNearbyAttraction, Museum of Ethnography of Geneva]

A. Geneva History Museum
The Geneva History Museum is a local institution in Geneva, Illinois that preserves and showcases the city’s historical artifacts, stories, and cultural heritage through exhibits and educational programs.
B. Musées d’art et d’histoire de Genève
Musées d’art et d’histoire de Genève is a major public museum institution in Geneva that oversees several art and history museums and collections in the city.
C. Musée Jenisch Vevey
Musée Jenisch Vevey is an art museum in Vevey, Switzerland, renowned for its collections of works on paper, including prints and drawings, as well as Swiss and international paintings.
D. Swiss National Museum
The Swiss National Museum is Switzerland’s largest cultural history museum, showcasing the nation’s art, artifacts, and historical heritage from prehistoric times to the present.
E. Musée d’histoire du Valais
Musée d’histoire du Valais is a regional museum in the Swiss canton of Valais dedicated to preserving and presenting the area’s archaeological, historical, and cultural heritage.
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 Ethnography of Geneva
Target entity description: The Museum of Ethnography of Geneva is a cultural institution in Geneva, Switzerland, dedicated to exhibiting and preserving ethnographic collections from diverse societies around the world.

A. Geneva History Museum
The Geneva History Museum is a local institution in Geneva, Illinois that preserves and showcases the city’s historical artifacts, stories, and cultural heritage through exhibits and educational programs.
B. Musées d’art et d’histoire de Genève
Musées d’art et d’histoire de Genève is a major public museum institution in Geneva that oversees several art and history museums and collections in the city.
C. Musée Jenisch Vevey
Musée Jenisch Vevey is an art museum in Vevey, Switzerland, renowned for its collections of works on paper, including prints and drawings, as well as Swiss and international paintings.
D. Swiss National Museum
The Swiss National Museum is Switzerland’s largest cultural history museum, showcasing the nation’s art, artifacts, and historical heritage from prehistoric times to the present.
E. Musée d’histoire du Valais
Musée d’histoire du Valais is a regional museum in the Swiss canton of Valais dedicated to preserving and presenting the area’s archaeological, historical, and cultural heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnographic museum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MEG ⓘ Musée d’ethnographie de Genève ⓘ linked to: Museum of Ethnography of Geneva
architecturalFeature	contemporary extension building ⓘ
city	Geneva ⓘ
collectionSize	over 70,000 objects ⓘ
collectionType	anthropological collections ⓘ archaeological objects ⓘ ethnographic objects ⓘ musical instruments ⓘ photographic archives ⓘ ritual objects ⓘ textiles ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
focusesOn	cultures from all continents ⓘ indigenous cultures ⓘ non-European societies ⓘ
hasExhibitionType	permanent exhibitions ⓘ temporary exhibitions ⓘ
hasFacility	auditorium ⓘ café ⓘ educational spaces ⓘ museum shop ⓘ research library ⓘ
hasMission	preservation of ethnographic collections ⓘ public education about world cultures ⓘ research in ethnology and anthropology ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.meg.ch ⓘ
inception	1901 ⓘ
languageOfInstitution	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Canton of Geneva ⓘ linked to: canton of Geneva Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operatedBy	City of Geneva ⓘ linked to: Municipality of Geneva
owner	City of Geneva ⓘ linked to: Municipality of Geneva
regionServed	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
subjectArea	cultural history ⓘ ethnology ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Plainpalais → hasNearbyAttraction → Museum of Ethnography of Geneva ⓘ

Musées d’art et d’histoire de Genève → hasPart → Musée d’ethnographie de Genève ⓘ

linked to: Museum of Ethnography of Geneva

Museum of Ethnography of Geneva → alsoKnownAs → Musée d’ethnographie de Genève ⓘ