British Museum ends BP sponsorship deal
'The museum joins Royal Opera House, National Portrait Gallery and Royal Shakespeare Company in cutting ties to BP.'
Friends celebrated the news last week that, after twenty-seven years, and a decade-long campaign, the BP sponsorship deal with the British Museum ended. Campaigners including Quakers hailed the move as a ‘momentous shift’ with fossil-fuel companies retreating from arts-funding. The museum joins Royal Opera House, National Portrait Gallery and Royal Shakespeare Company in cutting ties to BP.
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