Hundreds of State Artifacts Missing
Sculptures by a famous artist, an almost 800-year-old Turkish gold ring, and a Civil War-era rifle are among the more than 1,800 historic artifacts that the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission cannot locate and are considered missing, Auditor General Jack Wagner said.
Based on the physical inventories of 11 collections conducted by the commission between 1998 and 2009, Wagner’s auditors found that 1,588 artifacts were considered missing. In addition, auditors sampled 1,473 artifacts from the nine collections at the State Museum and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, and found that 295 artifacts (20 percent) could not be located and are considered missing.
“These missing artifacts are pieces of Pennsylvania history that are likely lost forever, either through mishandling or theft,” Wagner said at a news conference at the museum.
http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/Department/Press/WagnerSaysMuseumCommNotProtectingHistory.html
Based on the physical inventories of 11 collections conducted by the commission between 1998 and 2009, Wagner’s auditors found that 1,588 artifacts were considered missing. In addition, auditors sampled 1,473 artifacts from the nine collections at the State Museum and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, and found that 295 artifacts (20 percent) could not be located and are considered missing.
“These missing artifacts are pieces of Pennsylvania history that are likely lost forever, either through mishandling or theft,” Wagner said at a news conference at the museum.
http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/Department/Press/WagnerSaysMuseumCommNotProtectingHistory.html
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