The Drents Museum will open its doors to the public again on Friday. The museum announced this tonight.
In a statement, the Drents Museum announced that all employees are currently working hard to solve the aftermath of the art. Friday night. Then a golden helmet and three gold bracelets were stolen.
The pieces were part of the exhibition Dacia – Rich of gold and silver and were on loan of the Romanian National History Museum. The Drents Museum indicates ‘in connection with the current research, repair work and preparations for new exhibition’ to open again on Friday.
Today, prior to the Auschwitz commemoration, Prime Minister Dick Schoof briefly spoke with the Romanian culture minister Natalia Intotero about the robbery of the precious art treasures from her country.
Schoof repeated during the conversation that the Netherlands thinks it is ‘terrible’ that the art pieces were stolen, and that everything is being done to find them and to catch the perpetrators. The Prime Minister and the Romanian minister agree that it is important to work together. The investigation services of both countries work closely together, says Schoof.
Minister Caspar Veldkamp (Foreign Affairs) spoke earlier in the day his Romanian colleague Emil Hurezeanu about the theft of some very valuable objects that the museum in Assen had on loan from museums in the Eastern European country. He also emphasized the good cooperation in the investigation.