Heritage Malta ( mt, 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 replaced the former Museums Department.
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.
Logo
Until 2022, the logo of Heritage Malta consisted of a white uppercase Ħ on a red square. The
H with stroke
Ħ ( minuscule: ħ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from H with the addition of a bar. It is used in Maltese for a voiceless pharyngeal fricative consonant (corresponding to the letter '' heth'' of Semitic abjads: ar, ح, he, ח ...
is a letter found only in the
Maltese alphabet
The Maltese alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet with the addition of some letters with diacritic marks and digraphs. It is used to write the Maltese language, which evolved from the otherwise extinct Siculo-Arabic dialect, as a result of 80 ...
. In 2022, Heritage Malta changed its logo to a stylized lowercase "M", which was designed by the company
BRND WGN. This new logo was noted for its similarity to that of the
Hunter Museum of American Art.
Sites protected by Heritage Malta
The following archaeological sites and historical buildings and structures are under the management of Heritage Malta. All Maltese megalithic temples listed below are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Museums run by Heritage Malta
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Gozo Museum of Archaeology, Citadella at Victoria, Gozo
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Gran Castello Historic House, Citadella at Victoria, Gozo
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National Museum of Ethnography
The National Museum of Ethnography (Polish: ''Państwowe Muzeum Etnograficzne w Warszawie'') is a museum of ethnography in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 1888.
Collection and exhibitions
The collection is made up of objects, folk art, c ...
, Birgu
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Malta Maritime Museum
The Malta Maritime Museum ( mt, Mużew Marittimu ta' Malta) is a maritime museum in Birgu, Malta. It is housed in the former Royal Naval Bakery, which was built in the 1840s as the main bakery for the Mediterranean Fleet. The museum has a collect ...
, Birgu
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National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
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National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta
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National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. In 2021, with 7. ...
, Mdina
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National War Museum, Valletta
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Natural Science Museum, Citadella at Victoria, Gozo
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Old Prison
The Old Prison is located in the Citadel of Victoria, Gozo, adjacent to the Courts of Justice to which it was originally connected. Today, the prison complex is divided into two different buildings: the entrance hall, which had been a common cell i ...
, Citadella at Victoria, Gozo
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Palace Armoury
The Palace Armoury ( mt, L-Armerija tal-Palazz) is an arms collection housed at the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta, Malta. It was the main armoury of the Order of St. John in the 17th and 18th centuries, and as such it was the last arsenal est ...
, Valletta
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Domvs Romana
The Domus Romana ( Latin for "Roman House"), stylized as the Domvs Romana (after Latin's lack of distinction between u and v), is a ruined Roman-era house located on the boundary between Mdina and Rabat, Malta. It was built in the 1st century ...
, Rabat
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Ta' Kola Windmill, Xagħra, Gozo
References
External links
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Historic sites in Malta
National heritage organizations
History organisations based in Malta
Historic preservation in Malta