Benaki Museum

museum in Kolonaki, Athens, Greece
Organization art_museum Q816669
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Benaki Museum is an art museum[1] established on January 1, 1930 by Antonis Benakis[1]. It operates as a legal person under private law[2].

Benaki Museum

Summary

Benaki Museum is an art museum[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of art_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (115 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Benaki Museum is located in Athens Municipality[3].
  • Benaki Museum is in the country of Greece[4].
  • Benaki Museum's image is recorded as Benaki Museum Athens.JPG[5].
  • Benaki Museum's instance of is recorded as art museum[6].
  • Benaki Museum's instance of is recorded as museum[7].
  • Benaki Museum's instance of is recorded as library[8].
  • Benaki Museum's founder is recorded as Antonis Benakis[9].
  • Antonis Benakis is named after Benaki Museum[10].
  • Benaki Museum's ISNI is recorded as 000000040492768X[11].
  • Benaki Museum's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136821790[12].
  • Benaki Museum's GND ID is recorded as 2066829-6[13].
  • Benaki Museum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50073889[14].
  • Benaki Museum's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500306466[15].
  • Benaki Museum's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11984980f[16].
  • Benaki Museum's IdRef ID is recorded as 027909212[17].
  • Benaki Museum's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA12579215[18].
  • Benaki Museum's location is recorded as Kolonaki[19].
  • Benaki Museum's Commons category is recorded as Benaki Museum[20].
  • Benaki Museum's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2429041[21].
  • Benaki Museum's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36529756[22].
  • Benaki Museum's has part is recorded as Nikos Chatzikyriakos-Gikas Art Gallery[23].
  • Benaki Museum's has part is recorded as Benaki Museum of Islamic Art[24].
  • Benaki Museum's has part is recorded as Delta house[25].
  • Benaki Museum's has part is recorded as Photograph archives, Benaki museum[26].
  • Benaki Museum's has part is recorded as Yannis Pappas Studio[27].

Body

Founding

Benaki Museum's founder is recorded as Antonis Benakis[9]. +1930-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[28].

Why It Matters

Benaki Museum ranks in the top 6% of art_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (115 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [3] . dp.iset.gr. Retrieved . dp.iset.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . dp.iset.gr. Retrieved . dp.iset.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . benaki.org. benaki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . benaki.org. Retrieved . benaki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . benaki.org. Retrieved . benaki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . benaki.org. Retrieved . benaki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . benaki.org. benaki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . benaki.org. benaki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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