Science Museum 'hiding dirty money' over £2m Sackler donation
by Lanre Bakare from Science | The Guardian on (#4W4ZX)
Funds intended for specific project will instead be spread across Science Museum's work
The Science Museum has been accused of trying to "quietly hide away dirty money" after it agreed to a request by the Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation to repurpose a 2m donation earmarked for a prominent new gallery.
The donation, which was meant to fund the Medicine: the Wellcome Galleries collection - dedicated to thousands of medical artefacts, including the world's first MRI scanner- was removed from the project earlier this year as the Sacklers' philanthropic donations came under increased scrutiny.
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