Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo
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The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo is a major cultural institution renowned for its extensive collection of Islamic artifacts spanning centuries and regions across the Islamic world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Museum of Islamic Art | 1 |
| Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1918060 — 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)
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Target entity: Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo Context triple: [Egyptian museums, include, Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo]
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A.
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha is a landmark waterfront museum in Qatar renowned for its vast collection of Islamic art spanning 1,400 years and its iconic modernist design by architect I. M. Pei.
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Soumaya Museum
The Soumaya Museum is a striking, privately funded art museum in Mexico City renowned for its futuristic architecture and vast collection of European and Latin American art, including works by Rodin, Dalí, and Diego Rivera.
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Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum is a renowned museum in Cairo that houses one of the world's most extensive and important collections of ancient Egyptian antiquities.
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Islamic Museum
The Islamic Museum is a cultural institution on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount that houses and exhibits Islamic art, artifacts, and historical manuscripts.
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E.
Luxor Museum
Luxor Museum is a renowned archaeological museum in Luxor, Egypt, showcasing a rich collection of artifacts from ancient Thebes and the surrounding region.
- 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 Islamic Art in Cairo Target entity description: The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo is a major cultural institution renowned for its extensive collection of Islamic artifacts spanning centuries and regions across the Islamic world.
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A.
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha is a landmark waterfront museum in Qatar renowned for its vast collection of Islamic art spanning 1,400 years and its iconic modernist design by architect I. M. Pei.
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B.
Soumaya Museum
The Soumaya Museum is a striking, privately funded art museum in Mexico City renowned for its futuristic architecture and vast collection of European and Latin American art, including works by Rodin, Dalí, and Diego Rivera.
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C.
Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum is a renowned museum in Cairo that houses one of the world's most extensive and important collections of ancient Egyptian antiquities.
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Islamic Museum
The Islamic Museum is a cultural institution on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount that houses and exhibits Islamic art, artifacts, and historical manuscripts.
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E.
Luxor Museum
Luxor Museum is a renowned archaeological museum in Luxor, Egypt, showcasing a rich collection of artifacts from ancient Thebes and the surrounding region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
ⓘ
cultural institution ⓘ history museum ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
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surface form:
Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities
|
| architecturalStyle | neo-Mamluk ⓘ |
| collectionCovers |
Abbasid Caliphate
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surface form:
Abbasid period
Fatimid period ⓘ Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
surface form:
Mamluk period
Ottoman period ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
surface form:
Umayyad period
various regions of the Islamic world ⓘ |
| continent |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| damagedBy | car bomb explosion near Cairo security directorate in January 2014 ⓘ |
| established | 1903 ⓘ |
| hasCollectionSize | over 100000 objects ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionType |
permanent exhibitions
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temporary exhibitions ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
education
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preservation of Islamic heritage ⓘ public outreach ⓘ research ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cairo
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Cairo Governorate ⓘ historic district of Bab al-Khalq ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark |
Al-Azhar University area
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Cairo security directorate building ⓘ |
| notableFor |
artifacts spanning from the 7th to the 19th century
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one of the largest collections of Islamic art in the world ⓘ |
| openedToPublic | 1903 ⓘ |
| originalName | Arab Museum of Art ⓘ |
| overseesCollectionOf |
Islamic art
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ceramics ⓘ coins ⓘ glass ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ metalwork ⓘ textiles ⓘ woodwork ⓘ |
| region | Middle East ⓘ |
| reopenedAfterRenovation | 2010 ⓘ |
| reopenedAfterRestoration | 2017 ⓘ |
| underwentRenovation | early 2000s ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo Description of subject: The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo is a major cultural institution renowned for its extensive collection of Islamic artifacts spanning centuries and regions across the Islamic world.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Museum of Islamic Art