As the British Museum refuses to comment on the status of its partnership with BP - even after its contract has apparently ended - Culture Unstained has published new documents revealing how the National Portrait Gallery spent £22k to keep the end of its sponsorship deal under wraps.

After 33 years, Royal Opera House confirms that is is ‘not in receipt of BP money’ Campaigners celebrate ‘seismic shift’ as leading arts organisations shun polluter BP British Museum yet to announce whether it will renew BP sponsorship with current deal ending in February For interviews and comment, please email info@cultureunstained.org  The Royal Opera House … Continue reading Royal Opera House and BP end 33-year partnership

Is the British Museum finally going to break it off with oil and gas giant BP? With just over two months left to run on the current sponsorship deal, Museum Chair George Osborne told Trustees last month: “our goal is to be a net zero carbon museum – no longer a destination for climate protest but instead an example of climate solution.”

Documents released by UK Foreign Office under FOI shine spotlight on BP’s major focus on fossil gas in Egypt Email from British Ambassador reports that BP said it had its ‘hands full with gas’ and was ‘low key’ on green energy in the country Despite human rights situation, BP CEO Bernard Looney met with President … Continue reading BP has ‘hands full with gas’ in Egypt and ‘won’t be vehicle’ for transition, concludes UK Ambassador in email

Ahead of new BP-sponsored Egypt exhibition, British Museum Director is urged not to “celebrate Egypt’s cultural past while ignoring the human rights situation in the present”

Over 1000 tickets booked for the Science Museum's "India Lates” event on 31 August went unused, as protesters called for the cancellation of the Museum’s new sponsorship deal with Indian coal-producing conglomerate Adani. Inside the event question Museum Director Ian Blatchford was confronted about the deal.

Letter signed by over 400 teachers and educators so far criticises museum for taking fossil fuel sponsorship. Signatories pledge ‘If your proposed Energy Revolution gallery is sponsored by [coal giant] Adani, then we will not be bringing our students to it.’ Internal documents reveal the target audience of the new gallery is ‘key stage 3 and 4 students’ and ‘young people aged 11-18’. More teachers and educators invited to sign

The Science Museum has been forced into cancelling a prominent panel discussion at the last minute after speakers withdrew from the event in protest at the museum’s highly controversial stance on fossil fuel sponsorship. ‘The Doors of Perception: Exploring Psychedelic Therapy’ was set to take place tonight in the Museum’s ‘Ronson Theatre’ and featured a … Continue reading Science Museum cancels event as speakers withdraw over fossil fuel sponsorship

The submission, signed by climate and museum experts and representatives of museum staff, shines a spotlight on clash between museum policies and a potential future BP deal. The museum is under mounting pressure after the National Portrait Gallery and Scottish Ballet cut ties to the oil firm in February.