Yorktown Museum
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Yorktown Museum is a local history museum in Yorktown, New York, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the town’s cultural and historical heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yorktown Museum canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3956686 — 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: Yorktown Museum Context triple: [Yorktown, New York, hasHistoricSite, Yorktown Museum]
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A.
American Independence Museum
The American Independence Museum is a history museum in Exeter, New Hampshire, dedicated to preserving and interpreting artifacts and stories from the American Revolutionary era.
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B.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is a U.S. National Park Service site preserving the Revolutionary War battlefield of the 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse and related historic landscapes and monuments.
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C.
Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and restored historic district in Virginia that recreates and interprets life in the 18th-century capital of colonial America.
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D.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Thomas Stone National Historic Site is a preserved 18th-century Maryland plantation home that commemorates Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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E.
Adams National Historical Park
Adams National Historical Park is a preserved historic site in Quincy, Massachusetts, encompassing the homes and legacy of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their family.
- 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: Yorktown Museum Target entity description: Yorktown Museum is a local history museum in Yorktown, New York, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the town’s cultural and historical heritage.
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A.
American Independence Museum
The American Independence Museum is a history museum in Exeter, New Hampshire, dedicated to preserving and interpreting artifacts and stories from the American Revolutionary era.
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B.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is a U.S. National Park Service site preserving the Revolutionary War battlefield of the 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse and related historic landscapes and monuments.
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C.
Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and restored historic district in Virginia that recreates and interprets life in the 18th-century capital of colonial America.
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D.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Thomas Stone National Historic Site is a preserved 18th-century Maryland plantation home that commemorates Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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E.
Adams National Historical Park
Adams National Historical Park is a preserved historic site in Quincy, Massachusetts, encompassing the homes and legacy of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural institution
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history museum ⓘ local museum ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultural heritage of Yorktown, New York
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history of Yorktown, New York ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
cultural heritage
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documents ⓘ ephemera ⓘ historical artifacts ⓘ local history ⓘ photographs ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Yorktown, New York ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
New York State
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Westchester County, New York ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| mission |
to interpret the history of Yorktown, New York for the public
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to preserve Yorktown’s cultural and historical heritage ⓘ |
| name | Yorktown Museum self-link ⓘ |
| offers |
educational programs
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exhibitions ⓘ public programs ⓘ |
| operatesIn | nonprofit sector ⓘ |
| servesCommunity |
residents of Yorktown, New York
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visitors to Yorktown, New York ⓘ |
| topic |
built heritage of Yorktown, New York
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cultural traditions of Yorktown, New York ⓘ local history of Yorktown, New York ⓘ social history of Yorktown, New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yorktown Museum Description of subject: Yorktown Museum is a local history museum in Yorktown, New York, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the town’s cultural and historical heritage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.