MALVERN, Pa. — On Tuesday, Oct. 28, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley, FBI Special Agent Jake Archer will share about his work to investigate and recover stolen art and cultural property across the globe.
Guests will have a rare opportunity to hear firsthand stories from the front lines of cultural heritage protection, including Archer's experience helping to recover a Revolutionary War-era musket stolen more than 50 years ago from Valley Forge.
Archer works with the Philadelphia Division of the FBI Art Crime Team and conducts art and cultural property-related investigations, repatriations and training, both domestically and internationally. Archer is the team lead for the Art Crime Team's international matters involving the FBI's Eurasia Legal Attaches, to include areas of responsibility such as Ukraine and Russia.
Archer is a member of the United States Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee and chair of its Technology Working Group, which is based in Washington, D.C., and coordinates diplomatic and law enforcement efforts to combat antiquities trafficking, disrupt trafficking networks and protect against the looting and destruction of cultural property around the world.
This presentation is in person, free and open to the public, and guests are invited to register for the event.