Staff have been left "devastated" by the theft of hundreds of historic objects after one of Bristol's most important museum collections was broken into. The city council's head of culture Philip Walker told the BBC the break-in at a Bristol Museum storage site felt "very personal" to the people who have cared for the collection for decades. He added the 600 stolen pieces were "unique", "irreplaceable" and of "very, very significant" cultural value. One man has been arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods, and police have released CCTV images of four other people they want to speak to. The thieves targeted the climate‑controlled storage site in the early hours of 25 September 2025. Military memorabilia, jewellery, natural history pieces and carved ivory, bronze and silver figurines were stolen. It followed a previous attempted break‑in a week earlier. The Empire and Commonwealth Collection housed at the site includes more than 10,000 objects from across the world. Walker told the BBC: "These are unique items that have been collected over 150 years or more. "[It's] a quite unique and specific part of British history. So they're irreplaceable. "They come from all different part
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Staff have been left "devastated" by the theft of hundreds of historic objects after one of Bristol's most important museum collections was broken into. The city council's head of culture Philip Walker told the BBC the break-in at a…
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