The agency reports to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport and is answerable to parliament through the Minister, Ms Dolores Cristina. Heritage Malta is led by a Board under the direction of a Chairman, Dr Mario Tabone. Heritage Malta’s Chief Executive Officer is Dr. Luciano Mule' Stagno.

Heritage Malta took over some 240 personnel from the former Museums’ Department. Our staff complement is made up of custodians, guides and wardens and an increasing number of personnel with key expertise in heritage management and conservation.

The Heritage sector in Malta has other official bodies with whom we liaise closely. The Cultural Heritage Act provided for a Committee of Guarantee and a Superintendence of Cultural Heritage besides the Malta Centre for Restoration. The former is an overarching body whose role is to ensure that the spirit of the Cultural Heritage Act is adhered to and that there is cooperation and understanding between Heritage Malta and the Superintendence. The Superintendence is in effect the ‘regulator’ of Malta’s national cultural heritage.

For more on the structure of the national heritage sector in Malta, and the roles and responsibilities of all three organisations, you can download Cultural Heritage Act. To read the document online, you will need Acrobat Reader - download here.