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FBI Art Crime Team Probes Theft of Over 1,000 Items From Oakland Museum Storage

Investigators are seeking public tips to recover culturally significant artifacts taken in a pre-dawn Oct. 15 break-in.

The Oakland Museum of California.
Around 1,000 items were stolen from an Oakland Museum of California storage facility, officials said. 
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Overview

  • Oakland police said burglars breached an off-site storage facility around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 and took more than 1,000 objects from the museum’s collection.
  • Stolen items include Native American baskets, jewelry, historic photographs, laptops and scrimshaw, according to authorities and the museum.
  • The Oakland Police Department is working with the FBI’s specialized Art Crime Team, a unit of about 20 agents, to investigate and pursue recovery.
  • No arrests have been announced, and officials have not disclosed the storage-site location or an estimated value for the missing items.
  • Museum CEO Lori Fogarty described the loss as robbing the public of cultural heritage and released images of select objects, with tips requested via OPD’s burglary unit or 1-800-CALL-FBI.