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Hidden Tunnel in New York Museum was Used as 'Safe House' by Slaves

02/12/2026

A historic Manhattan home that’s long been a window into 19th-century New York life has revealed an unexpected secret. It turns out the Merchant’s House Museum, a preserved landmark in the NoHo neighborhood, appears to have once served as a …

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Manhattan District Attorney's Office Returns 29 Antiquities to Greece

10/14/2025

The Manhattan District Attorney‘s office recently announced the return of 29 antiquities to Greece, estimated to be worth a total of $3 million. The objects were seized by the office’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit as part of “ongoing investigations into multiple …

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Manhattan DA Returns Over 30 Antiquities to Spain, Italy, and Hungary

08/08/2025

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has recently repatriated over 30 antiquities to Spain, Italy, and Hungary, the office announced in a press release Wednesday. The return is just the latest for Alvin Bragg, who has served as D.A. since 2021, …

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Manhattan DA's Office Recovers $2.2 M. Worth of Ancient Artifacts

02/26/2025

The Manhattan District Attorney‘s Office recently announced the recovery of two groups of ancient artifacts which would be returned to Greece and Italy. A repatriation ceremony took place on February 25 for eleven ancient Greek artifacts, including a votive figurine …

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Art Adviser Lisa Schiff Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Charge

10/19/2024

Manhattan-based art adviser Lisa Schiff, who was known in New York art circles for her roster of blue-chip clients, on October 17 pleaded guilty in federal court to one felony count of wire fraud, for bilking collectors out of $6.5 …

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Pro-Palestine Activists Occupy Met Steps with Massive Quilt

03/27/2024

A group of about 350 demonstrators unfurled an enormous quilt on the front steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 24, demanding that the museum publicly call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The roughly thirty-by-fifty-foot quilt, which cascaded …

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