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California Academy of Sciences

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The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum building in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, founded in 1853 as a learned society and now counted among the largest natural history museums in the world. Its collections hold more than 46 million specimens, and the institution continues to carry out original scientific research alongside its public exhibits.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Museum 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
San Francisco, United States 2
Completed Year
1853 3
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Museum 1
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Museum, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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Source California Academy of Sciences (Wikipedia)
Source California Academy of Sciences (Wikipedia)
Source California Academy of Sciences (Wikipedia)
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1. California Academy of Sciences (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
    The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum building in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, founded in 1853 as a learned society and now counted among the largest natural history museums in the world. Its collections hold more than 46 million specimens, and the institution continues to carry out original scientific research alongside its public exhibits.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Museum)
    The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research. The institution is located in Golden Gate Park on the West Side of San Franc
  • In Style: Expressionist Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Expressionist architecture
  • In Style: Postmodern Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Postmodern architecture in California
  • In Style: Futurist Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Futurist architecture
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2. California Academy of Sciences (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: San Francisco, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: San Francisco, United States
Wikidata item Q965731, property P131/P17 (location): San Francisco, United States
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3. Wikidata: California Academy of Sciences
  • Wikidata Q965731, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)
  • Wikidata Q965731, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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