But when Murf the Surf decided to steal some jewels from New York City’s Museum of Natural History, all it took was an open window.

James A. Oliver, the director of the Museum of Natural History, inspecting the damage in the Hall of Gems. Arthur Brower/The New York Times Within an hour, the press was swarming the museum.

On April 6, 1965, two months after pleading guilty to the Natural History Museum heist, Allan Kuhn, Jack Murphy and Roger Clark were each sentenced to three-year terms at New York’s Rikers ...

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It was a crime straight out of a Hollywood movie. Just before Halloween in 1964, three men pulled up outside New York City’s Museum of Natural History. One man stayed behind in the car while the ...

Extinction Rebellion activists during a protest at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City (all photos Elaine Velie/Hyperallergic) ...

Climate activists from the New York City chapter of international organisation Extinction Rebellion staged protests at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the American Museum of Natural History ...

NEW YORK — Walk the perimeter of the American Museum of Natural History and you sense this isn’t a building, but a citadel formed by accretion. To the south, a Romanesque revival facade ...

Forty-four Van Cleef & Arpels jewels, some never before seen in the United States, are on view at the American Museum of Natural History beginning June 10.

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The Museum of Natural History shocked even liberal Upper West Side parents by showcasing an animated film featuring a drag-performing fox and a trans kid with an identity crisis – alongside an ...

One of the most famous heists of the decade involved the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. According to the Smithsonian, two men slipped into the building late on Oct. 29, 1964 ...