When he retired as the chief security officer of New York City's
Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Barelli had spent the better part
of forty years responsible not only for one of the richest treasure
troves on the planet, but the museum's staff, the millions of
visitors, as well as American presidents, royalty, and heads of
state from around the world. For the first time, John Barelli
shares his experiences of the crimes that occurred on his watch;
the investigations that captured thieves and recovered artwork; the
lessons he learned and shared with law enforcement professionals in
the United States and abroad; the accidents and near misses; and a
few mysteries that were sadly never solved. He takes readers behind
the scenes at the Met, introduces curators and administrators,
walks the empty corridors after hours, and shares what it's like to
get the call that an ancient masterpiece has gone missing. The
Metropolitan Museum covers twelve acres in the heart of Manhattan
and is filled with five thousand years of work by history's great
artists known and unknown: Goya, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Warhol,
Pollack, Egyptian mummies, Babylonian treasures, Colonial crafts,
and Greek vases. John and a small staff of security professionals
housed within the Museum were responsible for all of it. Over the
years, John helped make the museum the state-of-the-art facility it
is today and created a legacy in art security for decades to come.
Focusing on six thefts but filled with countless stories that span
the late 1970s through the 21st Century, John opens the files on
thefts, shows how museum personnel along with local and sometimes
Federal Agents opened investigations and more often than not caught
the thief. But of ultimate importance was the recovery of the
artwork, including Celtic and Egyptian gold, French tapestries,
Greek sculpture, and more. At the heart of this book there will
always be art-those who love it and those who take it, two groups
of people that are far from mutually exclusive.
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