Hartwig Fischer
Videos
Hartwig Fischer is a German art historian and museum director. From April 2016 until his resignation in August 2023 following a theft scandal, he was the director of the British Museum, the first non-
Fischer in 2017
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden is a cultural institution in Dresden, Germany, owned by the State of Saxony. It is one of the most renowned and oldest museum institutions in the world, originating
Hartwig Fischer
…theft scandal, he was the director of the British Museum, the first non-British head of the museum since 1866. From 2012 to 2016, he was director of the Dresden State Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden). Fischer was born on 14 December 1962 in Hamburg, West Germany. His father came from Mecklenburg. As a child…
Dresden Castle
Former General Director Martin Roth photographed by Oliver Mark in front of Wilhelm Lehmbruck's 1911 figure The Kneeling Woman (2008)