Crime

Two people charged over vandalism of Linlithgow Palace

Museum staff “heartbroken” after walls and floors defaced

National Trust restores 230-year-old statue defaced with blue crayon

Staff at Croome Court ‘upset’ at discovery of vandalised statue

Museums warned of metal theft threat

Rise in criminal activity expected as metal prices rise

Curator ‘kidnapped’ after Russian raid on Melitopol museum

Reports say thousands of objects have been looted from museums in occupied Ukraine

Gold box recovered 19 years after Waddesdon Manor theft

The item was identified prior to an auction in August 2021

Stolen Darwin manuscripts to go on display after anonymous return

Priceless notebooks had been missing from Cambridge University Libraries since 2001

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Has the pandemic left collections more vulnerable to theft?

Government support is needed, says Anja Shortland

Museum of… Bow Street Police Museum, London

Chiara Wilkinson visits this arresting new museum and takes its curator and manager in for questioning

Priceless artefacts stolen in Arundel Castle raid

Items worth more than £1m taken including rosary beads that belonged to Mary Queen of Scots

Stolen artefacts returned following attempted eBay sale

Two rare objects were part of separate art thefts from Ealing Council

Arrest made over theft of Van Gogh and Hals paintings

The unrecovered artworks have an estimated combined value of £18m

Seized fakes reveal ‘emerging market’ in counterfeit antiquities

Organised crime gangs are thought to be behind the trade in artefacts aimed at a “fresh gullible market”