The museum denies hiding “dirty money” from a family with members accused of fuelling the American opioid crisis AlamyThe Science Museum has removed the Sackler family’s money from its prominent new galleries but kept it for other projects, it has emerged. The museum group had been given a £2 million donation from the Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation for its collection Medicine: the Wellcome Galleries. The museum said it was keeping the gift but was switching it to other areas. Culture Unstained, a group campaigning against what it regards as “tainted” donations from corporations, claimed the museum was trying to “quietly hide away dirty money”. The museum denied this…

Source: The Times December 07, 2019 00:56 UTC