Thieves stole French crown jewels from the Louvre in broad daylight on Oct. 19. The Post’s Philip Kennicott explains how this ...

Other stolen valuables were an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise and a diadem and ...

Cultural institutions are seen as “soft targets,” experts say, as thieves shift from stealing prized paintings, to artifacts that can be dismantled, stripped or melted down for their expensive parts.

Myles Connor walked into the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and walked out with a Rembrandt painting in the 1980s.

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He was arrested a year later, while robbing an apartment, and sentenced to eight years in prison, along with being fined ...

Museum heists, particularly ones involving historic and valuable items, have shocked the world and inspired mystery and ...

NBC Boston spoke to an art theft expert who is also the director of security and chief investigator at the Gardner Museum ...

Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from ...

In a matter of minutes, thieves climbed a ladder and smashed display cases before fleeing the scene with eight valuable ...

The famed museum in Paris remained closed a day after the heist. One government official admits that the heist exposed ...

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful ...