An Open Letter to Museums from Members of the Scientific Community

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An Open Letter to Museums from Members of the Scientific Community

An unprecedented letter from dozens of top scientists calling on science museums to cut all ties to the fossil fuel industry, sent to 334 museums of science and natural history.

Climate Scientist Michael Mann: ‘We Are Looking at an Entirely Different Planet’

In the lead up to the 2015 Paris U.N. summit, said Mann, pressure needs to be applied to policymakers now. “We have no time to lose if we’re going to prevent warming below the dangerous 2°celsius threshold, we have to act now,” he said.

Did You Know David Koch is on the Board of Directors at the Smithsonian and American Museum of Natural History?

“In the long term, this project aims to model the museum of the future.”

Should Oil Barons Like David Koch Be Funding Our Museums?

“If a major executive of a tobacco company offered to serve on the board of a children’s museum,” Merritt continued, “wouldn’t that be a mismatch between the mission of serving the health of children and that company’s mission?”

Clearing the Air: Artists Take on Corporate Influence in Natural History Museums

The Natural History Museum promotes the idea that the critical space of possibility that we aim to open up in institutions is in fact already inherent in those institutions.