British Museum director Hartwig Fischer stepped down on Friday after it was reveled that numerous artifacts were stolen. A number of items in the museum's collection were reported stolen two years ...

Former museum director Hartwig Fischer resigned the following month, admitting that the institution "did not respond as ...

Fischer, who resigned after a thefts scandal at the British Museum, has been announced as the founding director of the new institution, which is expected to open in 2026 ...

The suspected burglar, the inside man, was his curator of Greek antiquities. It so happens that Fischer had, a couple of years earlier, given an interview to Greek media defending the British ...

The majority of the items were kept in a storeroom, the museum said. British Museum director Hartwig Fischer said the museum would "throw our efforts into the recovery of objects". He added ...