Encouraging News from the AAMD
UPDATE January 13, 2013: The new guidelines are now published here.
UPDATE January 13, 2013: The new guidelines are now published here.
The famed Egyptian Museum is near a major plaza where many have gathered in the last few days to protest President Mubarek’s grip on power. As looters moved onto the…
Over the years, more books and documentary films have appeared to describe a once unreported problem–the looting of cultural heritage. Journeyman Pictures produced the documentary Blood Antiques, which is now…
Moxie is one of the working dogs spearheading the K-9 Artifact Finders project. The program aims to equip customs officers with a new tool to nab heritage traffickers by finding…
The State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs last week granted immunity from judicial seizure to artifacts on loan from Mexico. The pieces will be part of a 2012…
The Associated Press reported in today’s NY Times that Italian authorities last year recovered thousands of looted art and antiquities valued at close to $240 million US dollars. The story…
Loss prevention at a museum starts by examining internal practices. When pieces are missing from a museum, the first place to look for a suspect is inside. Fortunately, a museum’s…