Grant Museum of Zoology
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The Grant Museum of Zoology is a small but renowned natural history museum at University College London, housing an extensive collection of zoological specimens used for research and teaching.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Grant Museum of Zoology canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1540732 — 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: Grant Museum of Zoology Context triple: [Camden, hasCulturalInstitution, Grant Museum of Zoology]
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Beaty Biodiversity Museum
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a natural history museum in Vancouver renowned for its extensive biological collections and iconic blue whale skeleton, serving as a public and research facility for the study of biodiversity.
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B.
Kimball Natural History Museum
The Kimball Natural History Museum is a major exhibit space within San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences that showcases biodiversity, evolution, and the natural world through interactive and specimen-based displays.
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C.
Beneski Museum of Natural History
The Beneski Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum at Amherst College known for its extensive fossil, mineral, and geological collections.
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D.
Henson Robinson Zoo
Henson Robinson Zoo is a small municipal zoo in Springfield, Illinois, featuring a variety of native and exotic animals and serving as a local attraction and educational resource.
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E.
Naturkundemuseum
Naturkundemuseum is a Berlin U-Bahn station on line U6 located near the Museum für Naturkunde in the central district of the city.
- 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: Grant Museum of Zoology Target entity description: The Grant Museum of Zoology is a small but renowned natural history museum at University College London, housing an extensive collection of zoological specimens used for research and teaching.
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A.
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a natural history museum in Vancouver renowned for its extensive biological collections and iconic blue whale skeleton, serving as a public and research facility for the study of biodiversity.
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B.
Kimball Natural History Museum
The Kimball Natural History Museum is a major exhibit space within San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences that showcases biodiversity, evolution, and the natural world through interactive and specimen-based displays.
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C.
Beneski Museum of Natural History
The Beneski Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum at Amherst College known for its extensive fossil, mineral, and geological collections.
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D.
Henson Robinson Zoo
Henson Robinson Zoo is a small municipal zoo in Springfield, Illinois, featuring a variety of native and exotic animals and serving as a local attraction and educational resource.
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E.
Naturkundemuseum
Naturkundemuseum is a Berlin U-Bahn station on line U6 located near the Museum für Naturkunde in the central district of the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural history museum
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university museum ⓘ zoological museum ⓘ |
| affiliation |
UCL Division of Biosciences
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surface form:
UCL Faculty of Life Sciences
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| city |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| collectionPeriod | 19th century to present ⓘ |
| collectionSize | over 60,000 specimens ⓘ |
| collectionType |
fluid-preserved specimens
ⓘ
microscope slides ⓘ skeletal material ⓘ taxidermy ⓘ zoological specimens ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
animal diversity
ⓘ
comparative anatomy ⓘ evolution ⓘ |
| foundedAs | UCL zoological teaching collection ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Robert Edmond Grant ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
museum studies
ⓘ
natural history ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| hasEducationalProgram |
public events
ⓘ
schools outreach ⓘ university teaching ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecimen |
Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
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surface form:
Blaschka glass models
dodo bones ⓘ jar of moles ⓘ quagga skeleton ⓘ thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) specimen ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/grant-museum-zoology ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bloomsbury
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| locatedInBuilding | Rockefeller Building ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Robert Edmond Grant ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy | University College London ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University College London ⓘ |
| partOf | University College London ⓘ |
| postalCode | WC1E 6DE ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
public engagement
ⓘ
research ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess |
Euston Square Underground station
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surface form:
Euston Square station
Goodge Street station ⓘ Warren Street station ⓘ |
| region | Greater London ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 21 University Street ⓘ |
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Subject: Grant Museum of Zoology Description of subject: The Grant Museum of Zoology is a small but renowned natural history museum at University College London, housing an extensive collection of zoological specimens used for research and teaching.
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