Heritage Malta

Heritage Malta
Patrimonju Malta
	Ensuring a Future to our Past
Agency overview
Formed	2002
Jurisdiction	Government of Malta
Headquarters	Villa Bighi, Kalkara, Malta
Minister responsible	Hon. Owen Bonnici MP, Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government;
Agency executive	Mr Mario Cutajar, Chairman;
Website	heritagemalta.org

Heritage Malta (Maltese: Patrimonju Malta) is the Maltese national agency for museums, conservation practice and cultural heritage. Created by the Cultural Heritage Act, enacted in 2002, the national agency (along with the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage) replaced the former Museums Department.^[1]

Originally Heritage Malta was entrusted with the management of museums, sites and their collections but in 2005, the agency was also charged with the take over of the former Malta Centre for Restoration to become the national agency responsible for conservation.

As the national agency responsible for museums, cultural heritage and conservation, Heritage Malta is governed by a board of directors appointed by the minister. The board is headed by a chairman and is usually appointed for successive three-year terms.

^ Gambin, Timmy; Sausmekat, Maja; Kovacevic, Darko (2021-10-13). "The Innovative and State of the Art Public Access Management of Malta's Underwater Cultural Heritage". Heritage. 4 (4): 3365–3381. doi:10.3390/heritage4040187. ISSN 2571-9408.

[1] Gambin, Timmy; Sausmekat, Maja; Kovacevic, Darko (2021-10-13). "The Innovative and State of the Art Public Access Management of Malta's Underwater Cultural Heritage". Heritage. 4 (4): 3365–3381. doi:10.3390/heritage4040187. ISSN 2571-9408.

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