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The National Conference on Cultural Property Protection (NCCPP) September 22-25, 2025 in Washington DC #CulturalPropertyProtection

 Los Angeles, California
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Police seeking four men after ‘high-value burglary’ from Bristol Museum | Bristol | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2025…
Police seeking four men after ‘high-value burglary’ from Bristol Museum

Police seeking four men after ‘high-value burglary’ from Bristol Museum

Detectives release images of group after more than 600 items were taken from a storage facility in September

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Walter Yarwood was a pioneer of abstract art. An Ontario construction crew 'mistakenly' demolished his work | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/london/wa…
Walter Yarwood sculpture installed in Sarnia, Ont., 53 years ago 'mistakenly' demolished by...

Walter Yarwood sculpture installed in Sarnia, Ont., 53 years ago 'mistakenly' demolished by...

An influential abstract artist was commissioned to build a sculpture for Lambton College in Sarnia, Ont., in 1972. Due to a shocking construction mishap, that longstanding and public connection to...

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Cultural site in China in flames
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Footage shared online shows flames engulfing a pavilion at the Yongqing Temple complex in China, sending thick smoke into the sky. Chinese state media reported that the blaze was caused by a tourist using incense and candles. The structure is a replica of ancient architecture.
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Teen hurls water at centuries-old paintings at NYC's Met Museum, rips tapestries off wall: cops, sources nypost.com/2025/11/04/us-new…
Teen hurls water at centuries-old paintings at NYC's Met Museum, rips tapestries off wall: cops,...

Teen hurls water at centuries-old paintings at NYC's Met Museum, rips tapestries off wall: cops,...

The suspect allegedly doused the 19th century oil-on-canvas “Princesse de Broglie,” by French portraitist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres — hailed as a “masterpiece’’ by the Met on its Web...

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Incredible new museum opens in Egypt..
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Billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum opens, displaying full Tutankhamun collection for first time news.sky.com/story/billion-d…
Billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum opens, displaying full Tutankhamun collection for first time

Billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum opens, displaying full Tutankhamun collection for first time

Located in the shadow of the pyramids, the new museum will be the world's largest dedicated to a single civilisation, containing 50,000 artefacts.

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Another suspect charged in the Louvre theft..
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Woman charged over Louvre jewellery heist bbc.in/4ok685j
Two more charged over Louvre jewellery heist

Two more charged over Louvre jewellery heist

A 38-year-old woman and a man, 37, appeared before a French magistrate over the museum theft that shocked the world.

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What crime problem? France hit by second major heist as thieves target gold refinery share.google/SHsIO7L1fMqa1DO…
France hit by second daring heist as thieves target gold refinery

France hit by second daring heist as thieves target gold refinery

Thieves used explosives to break into a precious metals refinery before making off with a €12m loot.

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BREAKING: British court clears “Just Stop Oil” activists of all criminal charges for vandalizing Stonehenge last year The judge stressed that people have a right to protest in a democracy even if others dislike it. The defense argued it was necessary due to the climate crisis
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Key details emerge in Louvre jewel heist as 5 more are arrested | PBS News pbs.org/newshour/world/key-d…

Key details emerge in Louvre jewel heist as 5 more are arrested

Key planning details have snapped into focus.

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ARCAblog: Breakthrough in Louvre Crown Jewels Theft: Five New Arrests art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/…
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Over 1,000 artifacts stolen in heist from Oakland Museum of California oaklandside.org/2025/10/29/o…
Over 1,000 artifacts stolen from Oakland Museum of California, police say

Over 1,000 artifacts stolen from Oakland Museum of California, police say

The Oakland Police Department says it is working with the FBI’s Art Crime Team to investigate the burglary.

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In an apparent theft of artwork during transit, a Picasso painting goes missing en route to exhibition cnn.com/2025/10/17/style/pic…
Picasso painting goes missing en route to exhibition | CNN

Picasso painting goes missing en route to exhibition | CNN

Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a painting by Pablo Picasso after it apparently vanished on the way to an exhibition.

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Our Junior Security Consultant Hannah Miller will be attending the #Smithsonian Institution's National Conference on #Cultural Property #Protection next week! We hope that she enjoys the conference and brings back valuable insights into cultural property protection.
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‘Irreplaceable’ bronze statues stolen during manor house festival thetimes.com/culture/art/art…
‘Irreplaceable’ bronze statues stolen during manor house festival

‘Irreplaceable’ bronze statues stolen during manor house festival

Iford Manor was hosting its summer jazz festival when a number of sculptures vanished, including a copy of Rome’s Capitoline Wolf suckling Romulus and Remus

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Ottawa Man, a Former Insider, Sentenced in Theft of Iconic Winston Churchill Portrait from Château Laurier netnewsledger.com/2025/06/01…
NetNewsLedger - Ottawa Man Sentenced in Theft of Iconic Winston Churchill Portrait from Château...

NetNewsLedger - Ottawa Man Sentenced in Theft of Iconic Winston Churchill Portrait from Château...

OTTAWA, ON — In a dramatic case that shook Canada’s cultural and artistic community, Jeffrey Wood, 44, has been sentenced to two years less a day for the theft of the legendary “The Roaring Lion”...

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Theft of artwork in transit: Cunning county employees steal $50K worth of art...but make a mistake in the process. dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Cunning county employees steal $50K worth of art

Cunning county employees steal $50K worth of art

Angel Prudhomme, 27, and Tangela Park, 50, were caught stealing more than $50,000 worth of artwork from a Florida port.

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'Flor B. zou gestolen Frans Hals hebben gekocht' (UPDATE2) crimesite.nl/flor-b-zou-gest…
'Flor B. zou gestolen Frans Hals hebben gekocht' (UPDATE2)

'Flor B. zou gestolen Frans Hals hebben gekocht' (UPDATE2)

De voor grootschalige cocaïnehandel vervolgde Belg Flor B. heeft mogelijk het in Leerdam gestolen schilderij "Twee lachende jongens" van Frans Hals in handen gehad. Volgens de Gazet van Antwerpen...

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Water leaks into the Louvre’s Cimabue exhibition, landing close to the master’s greatest early painting theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/…
Water leaks into the Louvre’s Cimabue exhibition, landing close to the master’s greatest early...

Water leaks into the Louvre’s Cimabue exhibition, landing close to the master’s greatest early...

A violent hailstorm on Saturday caused water to drip into the room hosting the important show, but “no works were damaged”, a spokesperson says

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Significant flooding impacting Petra.
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@NTDNews5 May 2025
Hundreds of tourists were evacuated from Petra’s archeological site by Jordanian authorities on Sunday after heavy rainfall caused flooding, the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority said.
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