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Last summer, Hartwig Fischer resigned as the director of the British Museum, just days after it emerged that the museum had fired a curator who was suspected of looting gems from its storerooms.
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 19 Jul 2024
Last summer, Hartwig Fischer resigned as the director of the British Museum, just days after it emerged that the museum had fired a curator who was suspected of looting gems from its storerooms.
Less than a year later, Fischer is back at the top of the museum world.
This week, the Saudi Museums Commission announced in a news release that it had appointed Fischer, a German art historian, as the founding director of its museum of world cultures, scheduled to open in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2026.
In the release, the commission said it had chosen Fischer, 61, because of his “global expertise in leading international cultural institutions and museums.” It did not mention Fischer’s time at the British Museum.
Fischer took the top job at the London institution in 2016, having previously run the State Art Collections of Dresden, a major group of German museums.
His tenure at Britain’s most-visited tourist attraction, which houses renowned artifacts including the... More from The New York Times
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