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 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…