Often we think of big heists occuring at major art museums, either consisting of major pieces of art by well-known artists or expensive and rare jewelry and gems. We often forget natural history and anthropological museums house expensive collections of artifacts and art. The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada was the victim of a major heist last week. Works of art by Haida artist Bill Reid and several Mexican art pieces vanished during the loot grab. Gold bracelets and necklaces from the museums Incan collection were also reported stolen. Scott McRae from UBC suggested the thieves knew what they were doing and knew what objects they wanted.
News1130 reports that key security cameras mysteriously went offline for four hours and that an alarm went unanswered by campus security. The thieves used bear spray to fill the museum areas where the heist was taking place to ward off any would be first-responders.
However, it appears the first-responders never came. I am sure this will be addressed in a future meeting...and someone maybe getting fired. For now it appears there are more questions than answers. Stay tuned for more information.
Hit the jump for the story from News1130.
Heist at Museum of Anthropology - News1130.com
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