German museum to reopen 5 months after gold treasure theft

A German museum is reopening five months after the spectacular theft of a Celtic gold treasure that was being exhibited there, reported dpa.

The Celtic Roman Museum in Manching in Bavaria will be open again from May 2, the museum and the State Archaeological Collection announced on Friday.

However, the display cases that were broken into during the robbery at the end of November 2022 will remain closed to visitors for the time being. How to proceed with this area is "the subject of deliberations," the statement said.

In the night of November 22, unknown perpetrators broke into the Manching Museum, which is about 75 kilometres north of Munich, and stole a treasure of 483 Celtic gold coins and three other coins.

The pure material value of the 3.7 kilograms of gold is estimated at around €250,000 ($275,000), but the rarity of the historical coins puts their actual value in the millions.

The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office is investigating the crime.