Showing posts with label Museum thefts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Museum thefts. Show all posts
August 28, 2026

Update: What We Have Identified as Stolen from the Museo de Villena

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Further information has emerged concerning the 27 August 2026 theft from the Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Villena in Alicante province.  ...
August 27, 2026

Europe’s Museum Gold Rush Claims the Treasure of Villena

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Thieves have struck the Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Villena, known as MUVI, in Alicante province, targeting the Treasure of Villena .  I...
August 7, 2026

Déjà Vu theft at the Musée du Président Jacques Chirac in Sarran, France

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For the third time in less than ten months, the Musée du Président Jacques Chirac in Sarran, Corrèze, has been targeted by thieves.  In the ...
July 26, 2026

France’s Museum Security Crisis Deepens with the Theft of the Vix Torc

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  One of the most celebrated surviving masterpieces of Celtic goldwork discovered has been stolen from the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, (For...
October 30, 2025

Breakthrough in Louvre Crown Jewels Theft: Five New Arrests

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  Ten days after the theft at the Louvre robbery, during a brief news conference Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, released a statement yeste...
October 26, 2025

Two Suspects Arrested in Connection with the Louvre Museum Jewel Heist

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One week after the dramatic 19 October 2025 jewel heist at the Louvre Museum, French investigators have reportedly identified suspects throu...
October 19, 2025

Jewel Heist at the Musée du Louvre

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The Crown Jewels Display Cases Room 705, Denon Wing, Level 1 Image Credit Musée du Louvre As reported by France's interior minister Laur...
February 8, 2025

Justice Served: Three Found Guilty in Major Art and Memorabilia Heist Case

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On June 15, 2023, a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Pennsylvania indicted Nicholas Dombek, Damien Boland, Joseph Atsus and his ...
September 14, 2023

Museum theft at the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst theft in Köln (Cologne), Germany

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During the night, between September 12th and 13th, yet another museum theft involving Chinese objects of porcelain occurred at the Museum fü...
January 21, 2023

Twitter user @ArtFreak, (George S) sentenced in the theft of a Picasso, a Mondrian, and a Guglielmo Caccia

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The thief that burgled Greece’s National Gallery-Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens eleven years ago has been sentenced.   Citing that the ...
November 13, 2020

Exhibiting Absence: Introducing Samsung’s Missing Masterpieces

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Bringing the wider public's attention to works of art that have been stolen or lost has been a long-standing goal of the Association for...