Museum of Musical Instruments (Brussels)
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The Museum of Musical Instruments in Brussels is a renowned museum housed in the historic Art Nouveau Old England building, featuring an extensive collection of musical instruments from around the world and across centuries.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Museum of Musical Instruments (Brussels) canonical | 1 |
| Musical Instruments Museum | 1 |
| Musical Instruments Museum (Brussels) | 1 |
| Musée des Instruments de Musique | 1 |
| Muziekinstrumentenmuseum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2002973 — 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 Musical Instruments (Brussels) Context triple: [Coudenberg, near, Museum of Musical Instruments (Brussels)]
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Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig
The Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig is a renowned collection and research institution showcasing historical musical instruments, particularly from European traditions, and supporting musicological study and education.
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Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium is a major Brussels-based museum complex renowned for its extensive collections of Old Masters, modern, and contemporary art.
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Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
The Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is a major Belgian art museum renowned for its extensive collection of Flemish masters, including works by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens.
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D.
Van Eesteren Museum
The Van Eesteren Museum is an Amsterdam museum dedicated to the life and work of modernist urban planner Cornelis van Eesteren and the postwar urban development of the city.
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Plantin-Moretus Museum
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a historic printing and publishing house in Antwerp, Belgium, renowned for its well-preserved 16th-century presses and its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 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 Musical Instruments (Brussels) Target entity description: The Museum of Musical Instruments in Brussels is a renowned museum housed in the historic Art Nouveau Old England building, featuring an extensive collection of musical instruments from around the world and across centuries.
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A.
Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig
The Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig is a renowned collection and research institution showcasing historical musical instruments, particularly from European traditions, and supporting musicological study and education.
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B.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium is a major Brussels-based museum complex renowned for its extensive collections of Old Masters, modern, and contemporary art.
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C.
Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
The Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is a major Belgian art museum renowned for its extensive collection of Flemish masters, including works by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens.
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D.
Van Eesteren Museum
The Van Eesteren Museum is an Amsterdam museum dedicated to the life and work of modernist urban planner Cornelis van Eesteren and the postwar urban development of the city.
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E.
Plantin-Moretus Museum
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a historic printing and publishing house in Antwerp, Belgium, renowned for its well-preserved 16th-century presses and its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
museum
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music museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
MIM Brussels
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Museum of Musical Instruments (Brussels) ⓘ
surface form:
Musée des Instruments de Musique
Museum of Musical Instruments (Brussels) ⓘ
surface form:
Muziekinstrumentenmuseum
|
| architecturalStyleOfBuilding | Art Nouveau ⓘ |
| collectionIncludes |
electronic instruments
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historical musical instruments ⓘ keyboard instruments ⓘ mechanical instruments ⓘ non-European musical instruments ⓘ percussion instruments ⓘ string instruments ⓘ wind instruments ⓘ |
| collectionSize | over 8,000 instruments ⓘ |
| collectionType | musical instruments ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Royal Conservatory of Brussels ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionFloor | 4 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
audio guide with instrument sound samples
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concert hall ⓘ rooftop restaurant ⓘ temporary exhibition spaces ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationOfBuilding | protected monument in Brussels ⓘ |
| inception | 1877 ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
Dutch
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English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brussels, Belgium
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surface form:
Brussels
Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form:
City of Brussels
Mont des Arts ⓘ |
| movedToCurrentBuilding | 2000 ⓘ |
| nearby |
Magritte Museum
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Place Royale ⓘ Royal Palace of Brussels ⓘ |
| occupiesBuilding | Old England building ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Belgium
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surface form:
Belgian federal state
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| partOf | Royal Museums of Art and History ⓘ |
| subjectOf | tourist guides about Brussels ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mim.be ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Museum of Musical Instruments (Brussels) Description of subject: The Museum of Musical Instruments in Brussels is a renowned museum housed in the historic Art Nouveau Old England building, featuring an extensive collection of musical instruments from around the world and across centuries.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Musical Instruments Museum (Brussels)
this entity surface form:
Musée des Instruments de Musique
this entity surface form:
Muziekinstrumentenmuseum
this entity surface form:
Musical Instruments Museum