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At the Northern Bank in Belfast masked men stole £26M, the largest cash robbery in UK history.
This #Heist (though the violent kidnapping blurs this term) exposed a society still marked by conflict and fragile trust.
Maybe it exposes the fault lines of #reconciliation?
#HI6171 📷: Amazon
This #Heist (though the violent kidnapping blurs this term) exposed a society still marked by conflict and fragile trust.
Maybe it exposes the fault lines of #reconciliation?
#HI6171 📷: Amazon
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
At the Northern Bank in Belfast masked men stole £26M, the largest cash robbery in UK history.
This #Heist (though the violent kidnapping blurs this term) exposed a society still marked by conflict and fragile trust.
Maybe it exposes the fault lines of #reconciliation?
#HI6171 📷: Amazon
This #Heist (though the violent kidnapping blurs this term) exposed a society still marked by conflict and fragile trust.
Maybe it exposes the fault lines of #reconciliation?
#HI6171 📷: Amazon
Thank you for following this nascent #PublicHistorian as I learned to use #Bluesky for what I love doing: telling a good story.
The #HeistHistories we continue to share shape our understanding of ourselves and our relationship with institutions of power.
📷: @claireul2025.bsky.social
#HI6171
The #HeistHistories we continue to share shape our understanding of ourselves and our relationship with institutions of power.
📷: @claireul2025.bsky.social
#HI6171
October 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Thank you for following this nascent #PublicHistorian as I learned to use #Bluesky for what I love doing: telling a good story.
The #HeistHistories we continue to share shape our understanding of ourselves and our relationship with institutions of power.
📷: @claireul2025.bsky.social
#HI6171
The #HeistHistories we continue to share shape our understanding of ourselves and our relationship with institutions of power.
📷: @claireul2025.bsky.social
#HI6171
At the Northern Bank in Belfast masked men stole £26M, the largest cash robbery in UK history.
This #Heist (though the violent kidnapping blurs this term) exposed a society still marked by conflict and fragile trust.
Maybe it exposes the fault lines of #reconciliation?
#HI6171 📷: Amazon
This #Heist (though the violent kidnapping blurs this term) exposed a society still marked by conflict and fragile trust.
Maybe it exposes the fault lines of #reconciliation?
#HI6171 📷: Amazon
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
At the Northern Bank in Belfast masked men stole £26M, the largest cash robbery in UK history.
This #Heist (though the violent kidnapping blurs this term) exposed a society still marked by conflict and fragile trust.
Maybe it exposes the fault lines of #reconciliation?
#HI6171 📷: Amazon
This #Heist (though the violent kidnapping blurs this term) exposed a society still marked by conflict and fragile trust.
Maybe it exposes the fault lines of #reconciliation?
#HI6171 📷: Amazon
In 1911, the #MonaLisa vanished from the #Louvre.
The thief? Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian nationalist who believed she should return home.
For two years the world searched, never imagining she was hidden in his small apartment.
#Heritage, #identity, and #art intertwined.
#HI6171
📷: Louvre
The thief? Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian nationalist who believed she should return home.
For two years the world searched, never imagining she was hidden in his small apartment.
#Heritage, #identity, and #art intertwined.
#HI6171
📷: Louvre
October 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
From the #Louvre to #Belfast to #Belfast to #RuralCanada, every #Heist becomes more than a crime, it becomes a story, a symbol, and a shared memory.
We study them not just for what was stolen, but for what they reveal about us. 📷: Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative
#HI6171
We study them not just for what was stolen, but for what they reveal about us. 📷: Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative
#HI6171
October 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
And the FBI continues to hunt for leads 35 years later. Let's hope French officials are more successful at solving the #LouvreHeist.
📷: FBI
#HeistHistories #PublicHistory #Heist #Rembrant #FBI
📷: FBI
#HeistHistories #PublicHistory #Heist #Rembrant #FBI
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
And the FBI continues to hunt for leads 35 years later. Let's hope French officials are more successful at solving the #LouvreHeist.
📷: FBI
#HeistHistories #PublicHistory #Heist #Rembrant #FBI
📷: FBI
#HeistHistories #PublicHistory #Heist #Rembrant #FBI
Keeping a candle burning for what was lost, the #IsabellaStewartGardnerMuseum still hangs the empty frames where the stolen paintings once were.
Silent reminders, waiting for their art to come home.
📷: Gardner Museum
#HI6171
Silent reminders, waiting for their art to come home.
📷: Gardner Museum
#HI6171
October 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Keeping a candle burning for what was lost, the #IsabellaStewartGardnerMuseum still hangs the empty frames where the stolen paintings once were.
Silent reminders, waiting for their art to come home.
📷: Gardner Museum
#HI6171
Silent reminders, waiting for their art to come home.
📷: Gardner Museum
#HI6171
Once done with the Rembrandts, the thieves turned to a few Degas sketches, a Manet, and even an eagle finial that once crowned one of Napoleon’s flagpoles.
In total, 13 works vanished that night, worth an estimated $600 million.
35 years later the museum is offering a $10 million reward.
📷: FBI
In total, 13 works vanished that night, worth an estimated $600 million.
35 years later the museum is offering a $10 million reward.
📷: FBI
October 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Once done with the Rembrandts, the thieves turned to a few Degas sketches, a Manet, and even an eagle finial that once crowned one of Napoleon’s flagpoles.
In total, 13 works vanished that night, worth an estimated $600 million.
35 years later the museum is offering a $10 million reward.
📷: FBI
In total, 13 works vanished that night, worth an estimated $600 million.
35 years later the museum is offering a $10 million reward.
📷: FBI
Then another. This time, a landscape once attributed to Rembrandt.
Only art historians "in the know" would have realized it had recently been reattributed to his student, Govaert Flinck.
A curious choice for thieves with such discerning taste…
Landscape with an Obelisk, 1638
📷: gardnermuseum.org
Only art historians "in the know" would have realized it had recently been reattributed to his student, Govaert Flinck.
A curious choice for thieves with such discerning taste…
Landscape with an Obelisk, 1638
📷: gardnermuseum.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Then another. This time, a landscape once attributed to Rembrandt.
Only art historians "in the know" would have realized it had recently been reattributed to his student, Govaert Flinck.
A curious choice for thieves with such discerning taste…
Landscape with an Obelisk, 1638
📷: gardnermuseum.org
Only art historians "in the know" would have realized it had recently been reattributed to his student, Govaert Flinck.
A curious choice for thieves with such discerning taste…
Landscape with an Obelisk, 1638
📷: gardnermuseum.org
Then another Rembrandt was torn off the wall and cut from its frame.
A Lady and Gentleman in Black, 1633
📷: gardnermuseum.org
A Lady and Gentleman in Black, 1633
📷: gardnermuseum.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Then another Rembrandt was torn off the wall and cut from its frame.
A Lady and Gentleman in Black, 1633
📷: gardnermuseum.org
A Lady and Gentleman in Black, 1633
📷: gardnermuseum.org
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, several Massachusetts museums with Rembrandts had been targeted.
The thieves’ first target? Rembrandts' only seascape.
They took it down and sliced the canvas from its frame with a sharp blade.
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633)
📷: gardnermuseum.org
The thieves’ first target? Rembrandts' only seascape.
They took it down and sliced the canvas from its frame with a sharp blade.
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633)
📷: gardnermuseum.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, several Massachusetts museums with Rembrandts had been targeted.
The thieves’ first target? Rembrandts' only seascape.
They took it down and sliced the canvas from its frame with a sharp blade.
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633)
📷: gardnermuseum.org
The thieves’ first target? Rembrandts' only seascape.
They took it down and sliced the canvas from its frame with a sharp blade.
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633)
📷: gardnermuseum.org
The following morning, Kevin and Chris were ordered to go to work as usual. While their co-workers carried on with their daily routines, the two men quietly opened the vault and packed ~1.2 million in banknotes into an Umbro sports bag to be delivered by Chris to a man at a nearby bus stop. 👇📷:BBC
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The following morning, Kevin and Chris were ordered to go to work as usual. While their co-workers carried on with their daily routines, the two men quietly opened the vault and packed ~1.2 million in banknotes into an Umbro sports bag to be delivered by Chris to a man at a nearby bus stop. 👇📷:BBC
Do you remember where you were when you heard about the #NorthernBankHeist? Tell me about it 👇#HI6171 #Heist #Ireland #PublicHistory #HeistHistories📷: Freepik.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Do you remember where you were when you heard about the #NorthernBankHeist? Tell me about it 👇#HI6171 #Heist #Ireland #PublicHistory #HeistHistories📷: Freepik.com
Every good #HeistHistory has an ending. For Mona, it came in 1913 when Vincenzo tried to sell her to a Florentine art expert. He was denounced and convicted in Italy, citing national pride. He got a slap on the wrist, but now Mona is sentenced to 30,000 visitors a day. #HI6171 📷: NYT
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Every good #HeistHistory has an ending. For Mona, it came in 1913 when Vincenzo tried to sell her to a Florentine art expert. He was denounced and convicted in Italy, citing national pride. He got a slap on the wrist, but now Mona is sentenced to 30,000 visitors a day. #HI6171 📷: NYT
Vincenzo hid Mona in his tiny Paris apartment for 2 years. Though questioned, he was never a main suspect. As the investigation stalled, media coverage exploded. Mona-themed films rolled out, headlines multiplied, and just like that, she became a pop culture icon. 👇 #HI6171 #HeistHistories 📷: IMBD
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Vincenzo hid Mona in his tiny Paris apartment for 2 years. Though questioned, he was never a main suspect. As the investigation stalled, media coverage exploded. Mona-themed films rolled out, headlines multiplied, and just like that, she became a pop culture icon. 👇 #HI6171 #HeistHistories 📷: IMBD
We can imagine the #nationalistic whisper campaign waging war in his mind: “I’m not stealing, I’m liberating her for Italy.”
Aug 21, 1911, Perugguia strolled into work in his usual white lab coat, removed Mona from her wall& frame, hid her under his coat and waltzed out. #HI6171 👇📷:Wikipedia
Aug 21, 1911, Perugguia strolled into work in his usual white lab coat, removed Mona from her wall& frame, hid her under his coat and waltzed out. #HI6171 👇📷:Wikipedia
October 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We can imagine the #nationalistic whisper campaign waging war in his mind: “I’m not stealing, I’m liberating her for Italy.”
Aug 21, 1911, Perugguia strolled into work in his usual white lab coat, removed Mona from her wall& frame, hid her under his coat and waltzed out. #HI6171 👇📷:Wikipedia
Aug 21, 1911, Perugguia strolled into work in his usual white lab coat, removed Mona from her wall& frame, hid her under his coat and waltzed out. #HI6171 👇📷:Wikipedia
In 1911, #VincenzoPeruggia was a newly arrived Italian handyman working at the Louvre. He'd have you believe that between enjoying Mona's smile, polishing glass and building frames he'd been told that Napoleon had stolen the #MonaLisa from Italy whilst on campaign.👇 #HI6171 #FakeNews 📷: Le Parisien
October 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In 1911, #VincenzoPeruggia was a newly arrived Italian handyman working at the Louvre. He'd have you believe that between enjoying Mona's smile, polishing glass and building frames he'd been told that Napoleon had stolen the #MonaLisa from Italy whilst on campaign.👇 #HI6171 #FakeNews 📷: Le Parisien
Eventually rescued from the royal flush and rehung in the post-revolutionary Louvre, Mona was acknowledged as a treasure by Intellectuals, but oft ignored by visitors searching for more dynamic paintings. She grew lonely, until, that is, she locked eyes with Vincenzo. TBC👇 #HI6171 📷: Amazon
October 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Eventually rescued from the royal flush and rehung in the post-revolutionary Louvre, Mona was acknowledged as a treasure by Intellectuals, but oft ignored by visitors searching for more dynamic paintings. She grew lonely, until, that is, she locked eyes with Vincenzo. TBC👇 #HI6171 📷: Amazon
At the invitation of King Francis I, DaVinci (then 64) packed up his worldly belonging, including 3 paintings & his notebooks and retired to France. After Davinci’s death Francis I acquired the paintings and Mona was hung in the royal privy of Fontainebleau. TBC👇 #HeistHistories #HI6171 📷:Britannica
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
At the invitation of King Francis I, DaVinci (then 64) packed up his worldly belonging, including 3 paintings & his notebooks and retired to France. After Davinci’s death Francis I acquired the paintings and Mona was hung in the royal privy of Fontainebleau. TBC👇 #HeistHistories #HI6171 📷:Britannica
Eventually rescued from the royal flush and rehung in the post-revolutionary Louvre, Mona was acknowledged as a treasure by Intellectuals, but oft ignored by visitors searching for more dynamic paintings. She grew lonely, until she locked eyes with Vincenzo. #hesithistories #HI6171 📷: Le Parisien
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Eventually rescued from the royal flush and rehung in the post-revolutionary Louvre, Mona was acknowledged as a treasure by Intellectuals, but oft ignored by visitors searching for more dynamic paintings. She grew lonely, until she locked eyes with Vincenzo. #hesithistories #HI6171 📷: Le Parisien
At the invitation of King Francis I, DaVinci (then 64) packed up his worldly belonging, including 3 paintings & his notebooks and retired in France. After Davinci’s death Francis acquired the paintings and Mona was hung in the royal privy of Fontainebleau. TBC👇
#hesithistories #HI6171 📷: Britannica
#hesithistories #HI6171 📷: Britannica
October 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
At the invitation of King Francis I, DaVinci (then 64) packed up his worldly belonging, including 3 paintings & his notebooks and retired in France. After Davinci’s death Francis acquired the paintings and Mona was hung in the royal privy of Fontainebleau. TBC👇
#hesithistories #HI6171 📷: Britannica
#hesithistories #HI6171 📷: Britannica
Hi, I'm @claireul2025.bsky.social, a Paris-based tour guide and part-time UL Public History MA student.
Yesterday we got TIARA-BLE news from the #Louvre.
Inspired by the headlines, let’s look at the greatest #HeistHistories during my week-long student takeover #HI6171 📸: Louvre
Yesterday we got TIARA-BLE news from the #Louvre.
Inspired by the headlines, let’s look at the greatest #HeistHistories during my week-long student takeover #HI6171 📸: Louvre
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hi, I'm @claireul2025.bsky.social, a Paris-based tour guide and part-time UL Public History MA student.
Yesterday we got TIARA-BLE news from the #Louvre.
Inspired by the headlines, let’s look at the greatest #HeistHistories during my week-long student takeover #HI6171 📸: Louvre
Yesterday we got TIARA-BLE news from the #Louvre.
Inspired by the headlines, let’s look at the greatest #HeistHistories during my week-long student takeover #HI6171 📸: Louvre
With this last post for the “History of Halloween” week, I wish everyone a spooky and scary Halloween and for those celebrating Samhain a considerate harvest and start of winter. #HI6171 #PublicHistory #Halloween #Samhain #Pumpkins 📸: heidihistory.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
With this last post for the “History of Halloween” week, I wish everyone a spooky and scary Halloween and for those celebrating Samhain a considerate harvest and start of winter. #HI6171 #PublicHistory #Halloween #Samhain #Pumpkins 📸: heidihistory.bsky.social
Johnstown Castle is hosting various Halloween Events starting tomorrow with “Museum of Mysteries”. Check out their Instagram for more information: @johnstowncastle 📸: johnstowncastle #HI6171 #JohnstownCastle #Halloween #MuseumOfMysteries
October 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Johnstown Castle is hosting various Halloween Events starting tomorrow with “Museum of Mysteries”. Check out their Instagram for more information: @johnstowncastle 📸: johnstowncastle #HI6171 #JohnstownCastle #Halloween #MuseumOfMysteries
The Egungun Festival, a Yoruba tradition, honours ancestors who guide the living with moral values. Men in masks dance and channel spirits through priests, cleansing the community with rituals, blessings, and warnings. #HI6171 #HalloweenInNigeria 📸: Africa.wisc.edu
October 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The Egungun Festival, a Yoruba tradition, honours ancestors who guide the living with moral values. Men in masks dance and channel spirits through priests, cleansing the community with rituals, blessings, and warnings. #HI6171 #HalloweenInNigeria 📸: Africa.wisc.edu