reports of cultural property incidents 2001 This page is meant to offer information about cultural property incidents, such as art theft, looting of art in wartime, fire, forgery etc..contributions are most welcome! The Museum Security Mailinglist started december 1996. 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2002 messages 25 years of museum fires, 10 years of museum theft Jonathan Sazonoff and Steve Keller WW.II and the looted art problem
December 31, 2001
- 2002 National Conference on Cultural Property Protection December 27, 2001
- SWABI: Illegal excavation of archaeological sites continues December 25, 2001
- The Problems Faced By China In Relation To The Loss Of Cultural Heritage December 22, 2001
- update from Jonathan Sazonoff December 21, 2001
- Historic sword stolen from Te Papa December 20, 2001
- Priceless Art Badly Damaged December 19, 2001
- Fire breaks out in N.Y. cathedral December 13, 2001
You've Got [Nasty] Mail! December 12, 2001
- Art Institute alleges fraud (Sues trading firm over investments) December 9, 2001
- Buddha's left foot offers sole clue to £250,000 antique theft December 7, 2001
- Smuggled Art Returned to France December 5, 2001
Five years Museum Security Network and Mailinglist December 5, 2001
- Re: Whitney Museum Announces Layoffs (Steve Keller) December 4, 2001
- December issue of Invaluable & Trace magazine November 24, 2001
- Response to request for information on treating vandalised paintings November 23, 2001
- Gallery boss to take on British Museum ‘hell’ November 22, 2001
- query: Laser barriers November 20, 2001
- Former curator of Wisconsin museum sentenced to 15 years in prison for theft November 18, 2001
- Curator faces prison for looting centuries-old Indian artifacts November 13, 2001, part II
- Arrest Made in Document Thefts November 13, 2001
- query: Vandalism November 7, 2001
- Former officials charged with lending Vatican authenticity to dubious art works November 5, 2001
- World's smallest pieces of art stolen November 2, 2001
- MPs want Elgin Marbles returned November 1, 2001
- Re: Possible stolen book? October 31, 2001Art valued at $40,000 stolen October 30, 2001, part II
- Madrid Theft - FBI Page October 30, 2001
- New on Museum Security Network website: FOSSIL PROTECTION LINKS, October 28, 2001
- Louvre reopens after eight straight days of closure due to strike October 13, 2001
- Another tool; pre-employment screening (Lyle Grindle) October 10, 2001
- robbery at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory October 9, 2001
- Transport of art and personnel in the air October 7, 2--1
- Stolen Namibian meteorites October 5, 2001
- Preying on churches? There is no sanctuary from theft October 2, 2001
- Fire causes extensive damage to holocaust museum in El Paso
September 29, 2001
- Re: Metal Detectors (Ken Vail) September 27, 2001
- question regarding security September 23, 2001
- Corrupt auctioneer stole art cash September 22, 2001
- Rodin treasures destroyed with 'museum in the sky' September 21, 2001
- The American Association of Museums web site for the NYC disaster September 17, 2001
- Thank You to the International Community (Wilbur Faulk) September 17, 2001
- Shrine caught in archaeological tug of war September 15, 2001
- New York's Theaters and Museums Open in a Bold Resolve to Persevere September 13, 2001
- Sprinkler head recall--addendum September 8, 2001
- ‘NAZI' ART SUIT OK'D September 3, 2001
- The bronze beauty just one of many vanished treasures
August 29, 2001
- Infrared light at original paintings August 24, 2001
- The Art Newspaper, This week's top stories August 24, 2001
- security cameras in public places (David Tremain) August 23, 2001
- SETTLEMENT REACHED ON MONET'S GARDEN AT ARGENTEUIL August 22, 2001
- Reward offered for 'Middle East' painting August 21, 2001
- Ransom for Chagall: Mideast Peace August 16, 2001
- F.B.I. Investigates Complaints About Lewis Hine Prints August 16, 2001
- RARE TORAH ORNAMENT RESTITUTED TO AMERICAN FAMILY August 16, 2001
- Madrid art heist;
PRESS STATEMENT August 16, 2001
- Return of Wang Chuzhi Marble Wall Panel August 12, 2001
- Museums told to sack staff or lose £8m August 10, 2001
- Re: Massive Madrid art heist (Jonathan Sazonoff) August 9, 2001
- Mosler situation (Steve Keller) August 7, 2001
- Art gallery wins NT$3.6 million suit over fake painting August 5, 2001
- Ongoing security (Clifford Scheiner) August 4, 2001
- fire in gift shop and museum of Boston Tea Party boat August 4, 2001
- Mosler, former MSN sponsor, out of business (Steve Keller) August 3, 2001
- Tomb raider jailed for Getty goddess August 2, 2001
- COMMENT RE UK PROVINCIAL MUSEUM DIRECTORSHIPS (Patrick Boylan) july 30/31, 2001
- Visitors at museum as glass shattered July 29, 2001
- Colombia customs art haul July 28, 2001
- Stockholm art thieves jailed July 27, 2001
- Fire destroys exhibits at new prehistory museum July 25, 2001
- Two held after raid attempt at museum July 24, 2001
- Art Deco Master's Jewelry Heist July 21, 2001
- High art survives odyssey of high adventure July 19, 2001
- Disputed Art At The Getty July 18, 2001
- Company Replacing Fire Sprinklers July 18, 2001
- CCTV and Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act July 17, 2001
- FBI helping search for stolen Dutch painting July 13, 2001
- JEN LISSITZKY COMMENCES ACTION AGAINST BEYELER FOUNDATION July 13, 2001
- Salon.com article about law suit against the Museum Security Network July 9, 2001
- ART STOLEN FROM WICKFORD ART FESTIVAL July 7, 2001
- Dealer guilty of handling Nazi art July 2, 2001
- Forger tricks Sotheby's with fake painting
June 29, 2001
- Guards 'damage' Iran's heritage June 27, 2001
- On The Trail Of Stolen Art June 27, 2001
- £2.5m Russborough House paintings theft June 25, 2001
- Website Origins Unknown: http://www.originsunknown.org June 23, 2001
- Former state curator pleads guilty to stealing artifacts June 21, 2001
- Robbers try to break in the Rodin museum in Paris June 21, 2001
- French Legation Museum Robbed June 19, 2001
- Violent Rubens art heist in Gent, Belgium June 3, 2001
- painting stolen from FedEx Toronto office, after passing through Canadian Customs June 1, 2001
- One Hundred Missing Objects. Looting in Europe
June 1, 2001
- Re: ELF Web Page May 31, 2001
- looking for contact with Any Professional in Old Jerusalem May 30, 2001
- Irreplaceable books ruined in arson blaze at UW May 30, 2001
- Museum shut down after building found unsafe May 27, 2001
- RE: Hotwork (RE: Open flame operations during restoration projects) May 26, 2001
- museum-world approaches to sprinkler systems May 25, 2001
- HEIR TO VAST ART COLLECTION RECOVERS OLD WORLD PAINTING LOOTED BY NAZIS May 24, 2001
- US return Chinese sculpture May 23, 2001
- RE: very severe fire during restoration project (Claudia Nicholson) May 22, 2001
- Silver stolen from King of Sweden! May 20, 2001
- "Mrs. Barry" by Gilbert Stuart May 19, 2001
- US Customs return icons to Russia May 17, 2001
- RE: query: emergency medical response team May 15, 2001
- query: emergency medical response team May 13, 2001
- Montreal police recover $1 million in stolen art May 11, 2001
- Paris appeals court upholds 1992 sale of Van Gogh landscape May 7, 2001
- Coin Forgery and Museum Security / Invitation to Join Forgery List May 5, 2001
- Imperial Palace Beijing: 12.000 visitors per hour May Day 2001 May 3, 2001
- Thieves steal $611,000 worth of art from Naples gallery May 3, 2001
- Re: I'm looking for a security device April 30, 2001
- Art thieves having field day in Russia April 26, 2001
- Protection of Cultural and Environmental Objects of Nations in crisis April 24, 2001
- Jack Kevorkian Artworks Recovered April 24, 2001
- Gondi archive theft April 23, 2001
- French police recover impressionists paintings April 22, 2001
- Security (theft of precious maps from rare books) April 21, 2001
- Stolen Beauty: A Seminar/Workshop on Art Theft - May 12, 2001 . April 20, 2001
- Security (theft of precious maps from rare books) April 19, 2001
- Vandals, thieves stop museum in its tracks April 18, 2001
- Japanese Agree to Return a Stolen Statue to China April 18, 2001
- return of stolen Boddhisatva to China April 17, 2001
- Looters of Afghan art: Suddenly respectable April 16, 2001
- V&A guards 'too drunk to stand' April 14, 2001
- Shutdown of Paris museums leaves tourists disappointed April 13, 2001
- Lisitsky Paintings Labeled Fakes April 13, 2001
- Cultural Heritage Watch (CHW) calls for cooperation throughout the world to establish a April 10, 2001
- Loaned painting damaged in US April 9, 2001
- Bell attack raises issue of access versus security April 8, 2001
- RE: query: Rotating shifts control room staff April 6, 2001
- Police Recover Renoir Painting April 5, 2001
- new URL FBI ART THEFT PROGRAM April 4, 2001
- Fire causes damage to floating museum
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- Security strips
- Jail for opera arsonists (1996 La Fenice fire) April 1, 2001
- "Holy Smokes, The House is on Fire!" (Workshop on fire recovery) March 28, 2001
- Aztec, Mayan artifacts reported missing from TCU library March 28, 2001
- CCTV and gallery lighting (David Tremain) March 26, 2001
- Steve Keller's posting on lights for security cameras March 26, 2001
- Online Art Fraud March 24, 2001
- Antiques for sale must have history logbook (paintings and antiques sold in Britain will be March 23, 2001
- Hermitage Is Scene of Painting Heist March 22, 2001
- A New search option has been added to the Museum Security Network website: March 21, 2001
- query: acceptance of a gift of three electric carts March 19, 2001
- Turkey's new Picassos raise eyebrows abroad March 18, 2001
- Chinese fossils March 17, 2001
- Law suit against Museum Security Website March 17, 2001
- Katsav calls for stop to destruction of antiquities March 15, 2001
- photo destruction by Taleban March 13, 2001
- 3°"Holy Mother whith Child" 16th century stolen March 12, 2001
- Afghan Buddhas lost for ever, comments subscribers, and additional information March 12, 2001
- Giant Buddhas Completely Destroyed March 11, 2001
- The Art Newspaper; This week's top stories March 10, 2001
- Afghan Taliban Blow Head Off Ancient Buddha March 8, 2001
- IFAR's Due Diligence and Provenance Journal
March 8, 2001
- Disaster Planning-Determining Collection Priorities March 7, 2001
- Forbes - Great Art Thefts Of The 20th Century (Jonathan Sazonoff) March 4, 2001
- Shhh! Museum has a secret; Security will abound when the Amon Carter reopens March 3, 2001
- John Newbott painting stolen (Image available on line) March 1, 2001, part II
- Taliban Begins Smashing All Afghan Statues March 1, 2001
- Tremors Register At Museums in Albuquerque and Oklahoma
February 28, 2001
- Museum seeks help to upgrade security
February 27, 2001
- Mexicans look into art works February 26, 2001
- THIS WASHINGTON A $20 MILLION MAN February 24, 2001
- Re: crisis plan armed robbery February 23, 2001, part II
- FBI Art Theft Program live-on-line session February 23, 2001
- Ancient Mayan cities looted
February 22, 2001
- Conflict Over Exhibits Goes on Display February 21, 2001
- International congress Catastrophies and Catastrophy management in Museums Sarajevo, April 17 - 21, 20001
February 20, 2001
- Re:HSE vs Natural History Museum February 19, 2001
- ART VANDAL PROPOSES ACTION AGAINST CONTROVERSIAL PHOTOS February 17, 2001
- query: Motion Detector Availability (Steve Keller) February 16, 2001
- FBI & Chilean stolen art web-sites - New URLs February 15, 2001
- Czechs uncover icons in train roof February 14, 2001
- A serious theft has occurred at the Copenhagen Royal Library February 12, 2001
- New V&A chief faces growing hostility February 10, 2001
- Xu Zhukang's Ming Dynasty House Qinshiduizhaoting Destroyed February 9, 2001
- British Museum issues entrance charge threat February 8, 2001- US National Award for Excellence in Cultural Property Protection goes to MSN February 8, 2001
- Catlinite Tablet Stolen from Pipestone County Museum February 7, 2001
- Job announcement February 6, 2001, SPECIAL
- 358 Artworks Worth $400,000 Missing From L.A.'s Collection February 6, 2001
- THIEVES GO ON A BEANO AT BRITISH LIBRARY February 5, 2001
- JAPANESE MUSEUM RETURNS NAZI LOOT TO RIGHTFUL OWNER Februari 4, 2001
- Wyeth painting resurfaces 33 years after Chicago theft February 3, 2001
- The Art Newspaper, This week's top stories February 2, 2001
- Christies art experts miss possible Holocaust loot February 1, 2001, part II
- Thieves cart off aboriginal artifacts February 1, 2001
- Museum Security Guidelines Now Available Free
January 31, 2001
- Judge Rules U.S. Courts Can't Hear Overseas January 30, 2001
- Auckland Museum break in January29, 2001
- Historic Chinese town torn between preservation, `progress' January 26, 2001
- Visonic Ltd. - Manufacturers of the PowerArt January 25, 2001
- IFAR Evening on the Rembrandt Research Project January 24, 2001
- Treasury deal to let museums scrap fees January 23, 2001
- Stolen Picasso Recovered January 22, 2001
- Louvre Museum evacuated following bomb threat January 21, 2001
- U.S., Italy Act to Halt Pillage of Antiquities Special: January 19, 2001
- Kansas City's dubious O'Keeffes. The sale that turned to scandal
January 19, 2001
- Police arrest employee in Ontario legislature art theft January 18, 2001
- Display was radioactive, museum admits January 17, 2001
- Re: Auction Houses Sweeten Deal (R.J.Viola) January 14 and 15, 2001
- Sweden art theft go-between says he did no wrong January 13, 2001
- Classic art is famously phony; South Florida man faces federal fraud charges January 12, 2001
- Sotheby's to Cut Jobs January 9, 2001
- Museum guard smuggled out rare coins in his pockets January 7, 2001
- Smithsonian Conference Reservation Problems (two messages by Steve Keller) January 6, 2001
- Swedish police arrest sixth suspect in theft of Rembrandt, Renoirs January 5, 2001
- Fifth suspect arrested in Stockholm's art heist January 4, 2001
- ToC for International Journal of Cultural Property 9-02 January 3, 2001
- SNAKE GODDESSES, FAKE GODDESSES January 2, 2001
- Procession of plunderers erase a cultural history
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