Hartwig Fischer
Hartwig Fischer | |
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Fischer in 2017 | |
| Born | 14 December 1962 |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Ph.D. in History of Art |
| Alma mater | Munich University of Applied Sciences University of Bonn |
| Occupation | Art historian |
| Known for | Director of the British Museum |
| Predecessor | Neil MacGregor |
| Successor | Nicholas Cullinan |
Hartwig Fischer (born 14 December 1962) 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-British head of the museum since 1866. From 2012 to 2016, he was director of the Dresden State Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden).