LeMay – America’s Car Museum
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LeMay – America’s Car Museum is a large automotive museum in Tacoma, Washington, showcasing one of the world’s most extensive collections of classic and vintage cars.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LeMay – America’s Car Museum canonical | 2 |
| America’s Car Museum | 1 |
| LeMay America’s Car Museum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T989169 — 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: LeMay – America’s Car Museum Context triple: [Tacoma, Washington, hasMuseum, LeMay – America’s Car Museum]
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A.
Petersen Automotive Museum
The Petersen Automotive Museum is a major Los Angeles museum dedicated to the history, industry, and culture of the automobile, featuring extensive car collections and rotating exhibits.
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B.
San Diego Automotive Museum
The San Diego Automotive Museum is a museum in San Diego, California, showcasing historic and classic automobiles and related automotive culture.
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C.
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is a renowned automotive museum in Alabama celebrated for its extensive collection of vintage motorcycles and race cars.
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D.
Museu Nacional dos Coches
The Museu Nacional dos Coches is a renowned Lisbon museum housing one of the world’s most important collections of royal carriages and historical vehicles.
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E.
National Corvette Museum
The National Corvette Museum is an automotive museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history, design, and culture of the Chevrolet Corvette sports car.
- 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: LeMay – America’s Car Museum Target entity description: LeMay – America’s Car Museum is a large automotive museum in Tacoma, Washington, showcasing one of the world’s most extensive collections of classic and vintage cars.
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A.
Petersen Automotive Museum
The Petersen Automotive Museum is a major Los Angeles museum dedicated to the history, industry, and culture of the automobile, featuring extensive car collections and rotating exhibits.
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B.
San Diego Automotive Museum
The San Diego Automotive Museum is a museum in San Diego, California, showcasing historic and classic automobiles and related automotive culture.
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C.
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is a renowned automotive museum in Alabama celebrated for its extensive collection of vintage motorcycles and race cars.
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D.
Museu Nacional dos Coches
The Museu Nacional dos Coches is a renowned Lisbon museum housing one of the world’s most important collections of royal carriages and historical vehicles.
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E.
National Corvette Museum
The National Corvette Museum is an automotive museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history, design, and culture of the Chevrolet Corvette sports car.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile museum
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ transportation museum ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Tacoma Dome ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
LeMay – America’s Car Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
America’s Car Museum
LeMay – America’s Car Museum ⓘ
surface form:
LeMay America’s Car Museum
|
| architecturalStyle | contemporary architecture ⓘ |
| city |
Tacoma, Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Tacoma
|
| collectionSize | over 300 vehicles ⓘ |
| collectionType |
automobiles
ⓘ
classic cars ⓘ vintage cars ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| coordinates | 47.238°N 122.427°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | automotive history ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 165,000 square feet ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
American automobiles
ⓘ
international automobiles ⓘ |
| founder | Harold LeMay ⓘ |
| hasCollectionOrigin | Harold LeMay personal car collection ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionType |
permanent exhibitions
ⓘ
temporary exhibitions ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
café
ⓘ
education center ⓘ event space ⓘ gift shop ⓘ |
| hasParking | on-site parking available ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.americascarmuseum.org/ ⓘ |
| inception | 2012 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tacoma, Washington ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| name | LeMay – America’s Car Museum self-link ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harold LeMay ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | non-profit organization ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 4 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2012-06-02 ⓘ |
| operator | America’s Automotive Trust ⓘ |
| postalCode | 98421 ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess | Tacoma Dome Station vicinity ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the largest automotive museums in the world ⓘ |
| regionServed | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
American car industry
ⓘ
automotive culture ⓘ motorsports history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: LeMay – America’s Car Museum Description of subject: LeMay – America’s Car Museum is a large automotive museum in Tacoma, Washington, showcasing one of the world’s most extensive collections of classic and vintage cars.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
LeMay America’s Car Museum
this entity surface form:
America’s Car Museum