Mundaneum

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cultural institution documentation center knowledge organization center

Mundaneum was an early 20th-century documentation and knowledge organization center in Belgium, envisioned as a universal repository of the world’s information and often seen as a precursor to modern information science and the internet.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mundaneum canonical	6
non-profit organization Mundaneum ASBL	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural institution ⓘ documentation center ⓘ knowledge organization center ⓘ
aim	international documentation center ⓘ universal repository of the world’s information ⓘ
associatedWith	League of Nations ⓘ internationalism ⓘ peace movement ⓘ
collectionSize	millions of index cards ⓘ
collectionType	archives ⓘ books ⓘ pamphlets ⓘ periodicals ⓘ photographs ⓘ posters ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
describedAs	precursor of modern information science ⓘ precursor of the internet ⓘ
field	documentation ⓘ information science ⓘ knowledge organization ⓘ
foundedBy	Henri La Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Otlet ⓘ
hasArchiveOf	Henri La Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Otlet ⓘ international organizations ⓘ peace organizations ⓘ
hasExhibitionType	permanent exhibitions ⓘ temporary exhibitions ⓘ
hasNickName	paper Google ⓘ
hasPart	universal bibliographic repertory ⓘ surface form: Universal Bibliographic Repertory
hasTheme	history of documentation ⓘ history of information science ⓘ history of the internet ⓘ
inception	1910 ⓘ
inspiredBy	idea of a universal book ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Hainaut ⓘ surface form: Hainaut Province Mons ⓘ Wallonia ⓘ
notableWork	universal bibliographic repertory ⓘ surface form: Universal Bibliographic Repertory
operator	Mundaneum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: non-profit organization Mundaneum ASBL
originalLocation	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
recognizedAs	Memory of the World International Register ⓘ surface form: UNESCO Memory of the World register (for parts of its collections)
reopenedAsMuseum	1998 ⓘ
usesClassificationSystem	Universal Decimal Classification ⓘ
website	https://www.mundaneum.org ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Paul Otlet → coFounded → Mundaneum ⓘ

Mundaneum museum in Mons, Belgium → namedAfter → Mundaneum ⓘ

Otlet → coFounded → Mundaneum ⓘ

subject surface form: Paul Otlet

Otlet → knownFor → Mundaneum ⓘ

subject surface form: Paul Otlet

Mundaneum → operator → Mundaneum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: non-profit organization Mundaneum ASBL

International Institute of Bibliography → associatedWith → Mundaneum ⓘ

Mons, Belgium → contains → Mundaneum ⓘ

subject surface form: Mons