Hartwig Fischer

Hartwig Fischer
Fischer in 2017
Born	(1962-12-14) 14 December 1962 (age 62) Hamburg, West Germany
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).