US EditionThe World's First Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects Wants Its Collection to Shrink, Not Grow
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UNESCO has launched a virtual museum showcasing stolen cultural heritage objects from around the world. Six of the objects come from Sweden, one of which is the Havorringen, which was stolen from the Gotland Museum.
The Greek Treasures in Unesco’s New Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects
Two-face Menade. Credit: UNESCO Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects Imagine holding an artifact that vanished centuries ago—its journey stolen, its story silenced. How can anyone truly grasp its significance or the urgency of returning it to its homeland? UNESCO’s new Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects was created to answer that question. Launched at MONDIACULT 2025 in Barcelona, the museum doesn’t exist in a single city. It exists …
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, decided to create a website that would provide an overview of stolen cultural objects from around the world. In September of this year, it opened a virtual museum for wanted art. It contains 240 items.
UNESCO, together with Interpol, launched the world's first virtual museum of stolen cultural property, with 277 artifacts re-created with generic artificial intelligence in 3D models, using the Interpol database, which now contains more than 52,000 stolen cultural objects, noting that despite the existence of the 1970 Convention, the market for illicit trafficking in cultural property is increasingly controlled by organized criminal networks; th…
The architectural design of UNESCO's digital platform was undertaken by Francis Coré, in collaboration with Interpol, while funding was provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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