Youths caused around £500 worth of damage to a West Cumbrian museum after climbing onto the roof.
The three children, aged about 11, were seen on the roof of Maryport's Senhouse Roman Museum on Wednesday.
Slates and a lightning conductor were damaged.
Anyone with information can call PC Gorse on 101.
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