A former head of the V&A Museum, who previously suggested the Parthenon marbles could be shared with Greece, has been put forward as the interim director of the British Museum. Sir Mark Jones will replace Hartwig Fischer, who quit after it emerged
The British Museum has appointed Carl Heron as its interim deputy editor after Jonathan Williams “stepped back” from the position after reports that the institution’s management ignored warnings about stolen and missing items from its collection. According to the Daily Telegraph, the
The number of artefacts that have disappeared from the British Museum is estimated at 2,000, Chairman of Trustees George Osborne said, admitting the collection did not have a complete catalogue. The U.K.’s former chancellor described the missing pieces as “small items of
The director, Hartwig Fischer, has spoken out for the first time since the British Museum announced that valuable objects were stolen from its collection. His interview was published in the Guardian. The director confirmed that allegations of missing objects were brought to
Anonymous British Museum staff have told The Telegraph newspaper that the director of the museum, Hartwig Fischer, was forced to resign as a result of a series of alleged thefts from the museum, with calls for him to step down immediately Peter
An employee at the British Museum has been dismissed — and the Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation — after a number of items from the museum’s collection were found to be “missing, stolen or damaged,” the museum said in a statement
