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  • 60 Percent of Sudan National Museum’s Holdings Have Been Looted, Officials Say

    In September 2024, officials reported that the National Museum of Sudan in the country’s capital city, Khartoum, had been subjected to looting by members of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during Sudan’s ongoing civil war. Now, museum officials have made public the extent of that looting. “More than 60% of the museum’s holdings were read more

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  • Toledo Museum of Art Director Adam M. Levine on Six of the Museum’s Most Important 2025 Acquisitions

    The Toledo Museum of Art has a somewhat atypical history, in terms of encyclopedic museums of its ilk. “The museum,” director Adam M. Levine explains, “was founded in 1901 with money and not a collection. The most interesting feature of our acquisitions is that they are almost all funded from the endowment rather than as read more

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    Toledo Museum of Art Director Adam M. Levine on Six of the Museum’s Most Important 2025 Acquisitions

  • Thieves Steal Dutch Museum’s Entire Silver Collection

    A museum in the eastern Dutch city of Doesburg has been hit by thieves who lifted its entire silverware collection in the early hours of Wednesday morning. According to museum staff, more than 300 “irreplaceable” objects were stolen, valued at tens of thousands of dollars. At approximately 4:30 a.m. local time, two men forced entry read more

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