Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District)

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art museum building cultural infrastructure museum building

The Whitney Museum of American Art building in the Meatpacking District is a contemporary museum facility in Manhattan known for its industrial-inspired design, expansive galleries, and outdoor terraces overlooking the High Line and Hudson River.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Whitney Museum of American Art building	2
Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) canonical	2
Whitney Museum building in the Meatpacking District	1
Whitney Museum of American Art building (2015)	1
Whitney Museum of American Art building (Madison Avenue)	1
Whitney Museum of American Art building on Gansevoort Street	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T225297 — 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: Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District)
Context triple: [Renzo Piano, notableWork, Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District)]

A. Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is a leading New York City art museum renowned for its influential collection of modern and contemporary art, including iconic works by artists such as Picasso, Van Gogh, and Warhol.
B. El Museo del Barrio
El Museo del Barrio is a New York City museum dedicated to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino art and culture, with a particular focus on Puerto Rican and Nuyorican communities.
C. MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 is a contemporary art institution in Queens, New York, known for experimental exhibitions, site-specific installations, and its affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art.
D. Museum of the City of New York
The Museum of the City of New York is a museum dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, culture, and diverse communities of New York City through exhibitions, collections, and public programs.
E. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a renowned modern and contemporary art museum in New York City, famous for its distinctive spiral building designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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: Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District)
Target entity description: The Whitney Museum of American Art building in the Meatpacking District is a contemporary museum facility in Manhattan known for its industrial-inspired design, expansive galleries, and outdoor terraces overlooking the High Line and Hudson River.

A. Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is a leading New York City art museum renowned for its influential collection of modern and contemporary art, including iconic works by artists such as Picasso, Van Gogh, and Warhol.
B. El Museo del Barrio
El Museo del Barrio is a New York City museum dedicated to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino art and culture, with a particular focus on Puerto Rican and Nuyorican communities.
C. MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 is a contemporary art institution in Queens, New York, known for experimental exhibitions, site-specific installations, and its affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art.
D. Museum of the City of New York
The Museum of the City of New York is a museum dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, culture, and diverse communities of New York City through exhibitions, collections, and public programs.
E. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a renowned modern and contemporary art museum in New York City, famous for its distinctive spiral building designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum building ⓘ cultural infrastructure ⓘ museum building ⓘ
adjacentTo	High Line ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) ⓘ surface form: Whitney Museum building in the Meatpacking District Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) ⓘ surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building
architect	Renzo Piano ⓘ
architecturalFirm	Renzo Piano Building Workshop ⓘ
architecturalStyle	contemporary architecture ⓘ industrial-inspired design ⓘ
borough	Manhattan ⓘ
brokeGround	2010 ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedFor	display of American art ⓘ large-scale contemporary artworks ⓘ
floorArea	approximately 200000 square feet ⓘ
gallerySpace	approximately 50000 square feet ⓘ
hasFeature	conservation lab ⓘ education center ⓘ expansive galleries ⓘ glass-enclosed lobby ⓘ museum shop ⓘ outdoor terraces ⓘ restaurant ⓘ sculpture terraces ⓘ theater ⓘ
hasFunction	art exhibition ⓘ museum education ⓘ public programs venue ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ Meatpacking District ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ surface form: New York New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
materialUsed	concrete ⓘ glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
near	Gansevoort Plaza ⓘ surface form: Gansevoort Street Hudson River Park ⓘ
neighborhood	Meatpacking District ⓘ
numberOfStories	9 ⓘ
officialName	Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
openingDate	2015-05-01 ⓘ
operatedBy	Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
overlooks	High Line ⓘ Hudson River ⓘ
ownedBy	Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
replaced	Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building (Madison Avenue)
yearCompleted	2015 ⓘ

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

Renzo Piano → notableWork → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) ⓘ

Renzo Piano → designed → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) ⓘ

Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) → alsoKnownAs → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building

Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) → alsoKnownAs → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum building in the Meatpacking District

Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) → replaced → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building (Madison Avenue)

Renzo Piano Building Workshop → notableWork → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building on Gansevoort Street

Renzo → notableWork → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) ⓘ

subject surface form: Renzo Piano

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building (2015)

Marcel Breuer → notableFor → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) ⓘ