Egypt's Minister of Culture Hosni looks at Islamic ornaments during a private tour of the newly reconstructed Egyptian Islamic Museum in Old Cairo |
"The painting would have been stolen even if there were a thousand surveillance cameras, because of the negligence of the museum staff,"
He blamed "incompetent" security staff for the theft of a $55 million Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum and said worries for the safety of the country's art treasures are depriving him of sleep.Hosni said The ministry is to create a central control room to monitor all museums, in the near future, supervised by his cabinet and set up a committee to review surveillance of museums across the country. (quick question, do think Tanzania's whole culture Cabinet would agree to monitor museum safety, dunno by taking turns maybe..)
The lengths one would go to protect valuable artwork, i love people who are passionate with paintings, Art... okay get this...
An early investigation of the theft showed that only seven out of 43 security cameras working properly, seriously!!! 7 out of 43? And no one even uttered a word all this time?!! Talk about sloppy security!And i thought Only my country was sloppy with Security measures..Damn
The painting,"Poppy Flower" was stolen on Saturday morning from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum, home to one of the Middle East's finest collections of 19th- and 20th-century art.
Cairo Museum |
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