Museum Speelklok
E371553
Museum Speelklok is a Dutch museum in Utrecht renowned for its collection of self-playing musical instruments, including music boxes, street organs, and orchestrions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Museum Speelklok canonical | 2 |
| Nationaal Museum van Speelklok tot Pierement | 1 |
| “Musical Clock Museum” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3587423 — 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 Speelklok Context triple: [Binnenstad, contains, Museum Speelklok]
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A.
Teylers Museum
Teylers Museum is the oldest museum in the Netherlands, renowned for its historic collections of art, natural history, and scientific instruments in Haarlem.
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B.
Museum De Lakenhal
Museum De Lakenhal is a municipal art and history museum in Leiden, Netherlands, renowned for its collection of Dutch Golden Age paintings and regional cultural heritage.
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C.
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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D.
Graafs Museum
Graafs Museum is a local history museum in Grave, Netherlands, dedicated to preserving and presenting the cultural and historical heritage of the town and its surroundings.
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E.
Gruuthusemuseum
Gruuthusemuseum is a historic museum in Bruges housed in a former noble residence, showcasing art, artifacts, and domestic life from the city’s medieval and early modern past.
- 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 Speelklok Target entity description: Museum Speelklok is a Dutch museum in Utrecht renowned for its collection of self-playing musical instruments, including music boxes, street organs, and orchestrions.
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A.
Teylers Museum
Teylers Museum is the oldest museum in the Netherlands, renowned for its historic collections of art, natural history, and scientific instruments in Haarlem.
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B.
Museum De Lakenhal
Museum De Lakenhal is a municipal art and history museum in Leiden, Netherlands, renowned for its collection of Dutch Golden Age paintings and regional cultural heritage.
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C.
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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D.
Graafs Museum
Graafs Museum is a local history museum in Grave, Netherlands, dedicated to preserving and presenting the cultural and historical heritage of the town and its surroundings.
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E.
Gruuthusemuseum
Gruuthusemuseum is a historic museum in Bruges housed in a former noble residence, showcasing art, artifacts, and domestic life from the city’s medieval and early modern past.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
museum
ⓘ
music museum ⓘ |
| category |
Mechanical music museums
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Museums in Utrecht (city) ⓘ Music museums in the Netherlands ⓘ Musical instrument museums ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
preservation of mechanical musical heritage
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restoration of self-playing instruments ⓘ |
| formerName |
Museum Speelklok
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nationaal Museum van Speelklok tot Pierement
|
| hasCollectionType |
automatic musical instruments
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barrel organs ⓘ music boxes ⓘ musical clocks ⓘ orchestrions ⓘ self-playing musical instruments ⓘ street organs ⓘ |
| hasExhibit |
carillon-related instruments
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clockwork musical automata ⓘ dance organs ⓘ historical Dutch street organs ⓘ large fairground organs ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
collection spanning several centuries
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interactive demonstrations ⓘ working instruments that are regularly played for visitors ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.museumspeelklok.nl ⓘ |
| inception | 1956 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Utrecht
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Utrecht ⓘ
surface form:
Utrecht city centre
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| locatedInBuilding | Buurtkerk ⓘ |
| locatedInOldTown |
Utrecht
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surface form:
Binnenstad, Utrecht
|
| locatedInProvince |
Province of Utrecht
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surface form:
Utrecht (province)
|
| meaningOfName |
Museum Speelklok
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
“Musical Clock Museum”
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| offers |
educational programs
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guided tours ⓘ live demonstrations of instruments ⓘ |
| openedToPublic | 1956 ⓘ |
| partOf | cultural heritage of Utrecht ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
automatic organ mechanisms
ⓘ
mechanical music ⓘ organ music ⓘ |
| subjectOf | tourist guides about Utrecht ⓘ |
| visitorType |
families
ⓘ
heritage researchers ⓘ music enthusiasts ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Museum Speelklok Description of subject: Museum Speelklok is a Dutch museum in Utrecht renowned for its collection of self-playing musical instruments, including music boxes, street organs, and orchestrions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nationaal Museum van Speelklok tot Pierement
this entity surface form:
“Musical Clock Museum”