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Country Summary for MALTA

I.  Relevant Legislation
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II.  Regulated Cultural Property
Definitions

“Agency” means Heritage Malta, which is a national agency whose mission it is to ensure that those elements of the Cultural Heritage entrusted to it are protected and made accessible to the public. (CHA § (I)(2) & (III)(8).

“Conservation” means any activity required to maximize the endurance or minimize the deterioration of any cultural property as far as possible, and includes examining, testing, recording, and preserving any such cultural property or any part thereof. (CHA § (I)(2)).

 

“Cultural Heritage” means movable or immovable objects of artistic, architectural, historical, archeological, ethnographic, paleontological and geological importance and includes information or data relative to cultural heritage pertaining to Malta or to any other country. An object shall not be deemed to form part of cultural heritage unless it has existed in Malta, including the territorial waters thereof, or in any other country, for fifty years, or if it is an object of cultural, artistic, historical, ethnographic, scientific or industrial value, even if contemporary, that is worth preserving. (CHA §§ (I)(2)-(3)).

 
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III.  Export Restrictions
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IV.  Ownership Rights and Restrictions
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V.  Violations, Penalties and Sanctions
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VI.  International Conventions and Bilateral Agreements
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Country Contact
for Cultural Property Kurt Farrugia
Superintendent for Cultural Heritage
173, St. Christopher Street
Valletta
Malta kurt.e.farrugia@gov.mt
https:
+356 23950000