Michael John
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Head of the Facility Management and Information Technology department)
Vita
Michael John is a graduate engineer and studied technical building services. Since 1992, he has been Head of the Service/Building, Technology, Security/Building Management and Information Technology Department of the Dresden State Art Collections. He is a member and former board member of the ICMS (International Committee for Museum Security), has been on the board as treasurer since 2010 and is a member of the VdI (Association of German Engineers) as well as a member of the Association of Conservators and the German Society for the Protection of Cultural Property e. V. Michael John was chairman of the Dresden Emergency Association. In 2002, Michael John was honoured with the ‘Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany’ for special achievements in the rescue of Dresden's art treasures during the 2002 flood disaster. Since 2019, he has also been the spokesperson for the ‘Building Management and Security’ working group in the German Museums Association.