{"id":724080,"date":"2025-11-19T23:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/four-van-gogh-museum-employees-suspended-after-pokemon-exhibit-chaos?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-19T23:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:32:22","slug":"four-van-gogh-museum-employees-suspended-after-pokemon-exhibit-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/four-van-gogh-museum-employees-suspended-after-pokemon-exhibit-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Van Gogh Museum employees suspended after Pok\u00e9mon exhibit chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/four-van-gogh-museum-employees-suspended-after-pokemon-exhibit-chaos.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nFour employees of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam were suspended due to misconduct during its Pok&eacute;mon exhibition last year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThough the museum did not confirm the number of employees involved, it confirmed security guards and public service employees were suspended in mid-December for not adhering to the procedures and codes of conduct for staff.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSources at the museum told Dutch site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parool.nl\/amsterdam\/vier-medewerkers-van-gogh-museum-weg-na-wangedrag-bij-pokemonexpo~be629fc7\/\">Het Parool<\/a> that at least four employees were involved. One employee allegedly embezzled a box of Pok&eacute;mon cards, while others informed visitors of when they could purchase tickets to the exhibition. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/four-van-gogh-museum-employees-suspended-after-pokemon-exhibit-chaos?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/four-van-gogh-museum-employees-suspended-after-pokemon-exhibit-chaos?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four employees of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam were suspended due to misconduct during its Pok&eacute;mon exhibition last year. Though the museum did not confirm the number of employees involved, it confirmed security guards and public service employees were suspended in mid-December for not adhering to the procedures and codes of conduct for staff. Sources at the museum told Dutch site Het Parool that at least four employees were involved. One employee allegedly embezzled a box of Pok&eacute;mon cards, while others informed visitors of when they could purchase tickets to the exhibition. 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