WeekInTime Issue 59: National Treasure

The Scream is recovered by Norwegian and British authorities in 1994

Two men crept up to the wall of the National Gallery in Oslo, armed with a ladder and a pair of wire cutters. They started to climb — falling on the first attempt — to a window on the second floor. Less than a minute later, they took off with Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream. But they were sure to leave a note: “Thanks for the poor security.” T…