Following the end of the British Museum’s sponsorship by BP, Rodney Harrison says it must reject any future fossil fuel partnerships and adequately address repatriation calls.
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Museums have much further to go in understanding their role in the climate crisis (Museums Association)
After an intense, decade-long campaign of protest which has brought together a diverse range of actors, including climate scientists, archaeologists, museums and heritage professionals, lobbying and creative protest groups, and even members of their own board of trustees, the British Museum appears to be coming to the end of its 27-year long sponsorship arrangements with fossil fuel giant BP.
Yet the museum’s apparently grudging responses to the research and campaigning organisation Culture Unstained’s Freedom of Information requests, reported in the Guardian this week, and further statements by the museum subsequently reported in the Art Newspaper and Museums Journal – which appear to be intended to confuse rather than to clarify the situation – show that the museum itself, and sector more broadly, have further to go in understanding their role in the climate emergency and their ethical obligations on action for climate...Keep reading on Museums Association.