"More than 1,000 artifacts - including Native American baskets, jewelry and historic objects - were stolen from the Oakland Museum of California's off-site storage facility this month. The burglary occurred just before 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 15, when individuals broke into the facility and took items from the museum's collection, Oakland police said in a news release on Wednesday. The police and FBI are jointly investigating the case."
""The theft that occurred represents a brazen act that robs the public of our state's cultural heritage," executive director and Oakland Museum CEO Lori Fogarty said in the release. She added that most of the artifacts had been donated by the museum's benefactors, and they were working in tandem with the city, police and the FBI's Art Crime Team to ensure the return of the objects."
More than 1,000 artifacts, including Native American baskets, jewelry and historic objects, were stolen from an off-site storage facility belonging to the Oakland Museum of California in mid-October. The burglary occurred just before 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 when individuals broke into the facility and removed items from the museum's collection. Executive director Lori Fogarty called the theft a brazen act that robs the public of the state's cultural heritage. Most items had been donated by benefactors. The Oakland Police Department and the FBI Art Crime Team are jointly investigating, with no arrests or value estimates announced.
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