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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Mark Brown

V&A Dundee erases mentions of opioid-linked Sackler family

A cyclist passes V&A Dundee
The Sackler family’s financial contribution to V&A Dundee was previously recognised by a plaque in the entrance hall. Photograph: Dundee Photographics/Alamy

The V&A Dundee has become the latest UK museum to remove a reference to the money it received from the Sackler family amid continuing anger over its central role in the opioid epidemic in the US.

The £80m museum, Scotland’s first devoted to design, opened in 2018 and had among its donors the Sackler Trust, which gave £500,000.

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