Science Museum’s 12-page report into coal-mining conglomerate should have stopped proposed partnership but damning dossier was never shared with Board of Trustees Campaigners publish new hardback photo-book bringing to life contents of museum report and sent to trustees urging them to act on findings and drop Adani deal FOI analysis reveals how Museum leadership rebranded … Continue reading Science Museum Trustees under pressure to drop Adani after new investigation into sponsorship deal

A damning new film, released on the day of British Museum Trustees’ meeting, exposes how BP has used its sponsorship deal to cement relationships with repressive rulers

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.