The director of the British Museum mentioned on Friday he was stepping down with instant impact after admitting to failings within the museum’s investigation into the theft of things from its assortment.

Hartwig Fischer, a German artwork historian who was as a consequence of depart his submit subsequent 12 months, mentioned that the museum didn’t sufficiently reply to warnings that an worker might have been stealing gadgets and the failings “must ultimately rest” with him. “Over the last few days I have been reviewing in detail the events around the thefts from the British Museum and the investigation into them,” he mentioned in a press release.

“It is evident that the British Museum did not respond as comprehensively as it should have.” The British Museum, among the many most visited on this planet and considered one of London’s hottest vacationer sights, mentioned final week a member of employees had been dismissed after gadgets together with gold jewelry and gems relationship from the fifteenth century BC to the nineteenth century AD, had been discovered to be lacking, stolen or broken.

The museum’s board of trustees, chaired by former British finance minister George Osborne, accepted Fischer’s resignation. “I am clear about this: we are going to fix what has gone wrong,” Osborne mentioned. “The museum has a mission that lasts across generations. We will learn, restore confidence and deserve to be admired once again.”

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