Editing Museon (section)

==2002 Portuguese Crown Jewels theft==
In 2002 a large part of the [[Portuguese Crown Jewels]] were stolen from the Museon. They were on loan for an exhibition on European Crown Jewels.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Henley |first=Jon |date=2002-12-03 |title=Museum gem theft dazzles Dutch police |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/dec/03/internationaleducationnews.education |access-date=2023-05-01 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://binnenland.nieuws.nl/50350|title=Museon: Portugese kroonjuwelen grootste verlies|work=Nieuws.nl|date=3 December 2002|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023002618/http://binnenland.nieuws.nl/50350|archivedate=23 October 2012|url-status=dead|accessdate=17 June 2015|language=nl}}</ref> Following an investigation by the museum and Dutch authorities, the Dutch government paid a sum of six million euros to the Portuguese government for reparation.