Former state curator found guilty in artifact theft

[Buckeye]

Older news, but still relevant.

"Antiques Roadshow," the popular and long-running PBS television program, will roll out a new show on Monday, February 22, that will showcase a number of Native American artifacts stolen from the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Museum in hopes of assisting in their return. After museum curators discovered the artifacts were missing 10 years ago, an investigation revealed that the museum's former curator of anthropology, David Wooley, had stolen them. The investigation led to Wooley's arrest, conviction and imprisonment for felony theft. Curators determined that Wooley took more than 300 ethnographic and archaeological artifacts. To date the museum has recovered only 33 of the objects, and "Antiques Roadshow" wants to help get the word out from coast to coast in an effort to turn up more of the missing items. The program will air nationally the week of February 22, and WHA-TV in Madison will broadcast the show at 7 p.m. Monday, February 22.



'Antiques Roadshow' Seeks Return of Artifacts, Highlights at the Wisconsin Historical Society

Antiques Roadshow | ROADSHOW's Most Wanted | Wisconsin Historical Society Missing Artifacts | PBS

Native American Object Recovery Effort | Collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society

[kentlangreder]

i saw that episode glad they caught the S.O.B. i think this goes on a lot more than we know in every state a while back they busted a couple of janitors at the university of Missouri doing the same thing !!!

kent langreder

[Buckeye]

Originally Posted by kentlangreder

i saw that episode glad they caught the S.O.B. i think this goes on a lot more than we know in every state a while back they busted a couple of janitors at the university of Missouri doing the same thing !!!

kent langreder

No doubt! Did you see the list of artifacts they didn't even have a picture of...we're not talking just a few broken points here,the Sioux Catlinite pipe with lead inlay or the Headdress ornaments, pair of horns, carved wood? To top if off they didn't even know it was missing, a researcher saw a piece for sale and recognized it.