"In times of reduced public funding, corporate sponsorship is vital to us fulfilling our mission to expand access to the collection. JTI is a longstanding corporate partner and we are grateful to them for their support, which has enabled the museum to significantly increase accessibility and engagement with the collection for under-represented adults."
"When The Art Newspaper checked the BM's website five years ago, the JTI Acquisition Fund was the donor of 600 objects. Last month the figure had quadrupled to 2,420."
"Despite the recent Sackler controversy-when virtually all arts organisations broke their links with the family behind Purdue Pharma, [...] a few museums are still accepting tobacco money."
"It will be interesting to see how he now handles tobacco sponsorship, considering his previous experience with the controversies surrounding the Sackler family and funding from harmful industries."
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