Bart Zwegers is Maastricht University’s new curator of the Arts and Heritage Commission. He succeeds Annemieke Klijn.
Bart: “It is my ambition to continue Annemieke Klijn’s fine work and organise special public activities in which art, heritage and the special collection of the university library come together in a unique way.”
Bart (1985) studied Arts and Culture at Maastricht University. In 2018, he obtained his PhD for a dissertation on the history of heritage and monument conservation in Britain and Germany. After his PhD, he taught political and social history at Radboud University Nijmegen. Since 2021, he has been working for Maastricht University again. He is also active in several heritage organisations, including the Limburg Historical and Archaeological Society (Limburgs Geschied- en Oudheidkundig Genootschap) and the Limburg Industrial Heritage Working Group (Werkgroep Industrieel Erfgoed Limburg).