Theft

Government failing to protect national museums from security threats, watchdog warns

Public Accounts Committee criticises DCMS for ‘lack of leadership’ on challenges facing sponsored institutions

Tributes paid after death of gem expert who exposed British Museum thefts

Museum awarded Ittai Gradel a medal before his death in honour of his ‘significant contribution’

Macron appoints new director of Louvre after crown jewel heist

Former head says embattled institution 'lacks clear trajectory' and needs more support

More than 600 items stolen from Bristol colonial collection

Police release CCTV of suspects after theft of former British Empire and Commonwealth Museum artefacts

Royal Engineers Museum seeks duplicates of valuable D-Day files lost in van theft

Almost 2,000 technical documents relating to Mulberry Harbours destroyed in criminal incident

Icom and Interpol launch initiative to combat cultural theft and trafficking

Museum community agrees to strengthen global action against heritage crime at triennial Icom conference

Museums are not ‘secret vaults’, say world’s museum leaders

Directors at major institutions defend principle of open access but say Louvre heist has ‘shaken us to the core’

Museums on alert for ‘smash and grab’ raids after Louvre jewel heist

Leaked report shows concerns that Paris museum had failed to modernise its security systems

Two arrested following St Fagans burglary

Bronze Age gold jewellery taken after thieves forced entry to main building

Former museum manager pleads not guilty to theft and fraud charges

Stephen Harris is accused of stealing objects from Norfolk Museums Service and selling them at auction

Objects stolen from Royal Albert Memorial Museum in overnight burglary

Police appeal for witnesses after two suspects forced entry

British Museum working with National Archives to improve record-keeping

Institution rebuts media coverage suggesting it broke the law