British Museum director Hartwig Fischer steps down amid theft inquiry

Aug 25, 2023 at 4:48 PM
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer steps down amid theft inquiry

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he director of the British Museum has give up after admitting that the world-famous establishment “did not respond as comprehensively as it should have in response to warnings in 2021” about stolen artefacts.

Hartwig Fischer leaves the London museum because it emerged final week that gadgets from its assortment had been discovered to be “missing, stolen or damaged”, prompting a police investigation.