- We sent a copy of the newly published hard back photo-book 'Science Museum Group: an unravelling tragedy’ to all Science Museum’s trustees and advisors.
This book is based on the Museum’s own disturbing 12-page due diligence report into the Adani Group that the trustees did not see. It brings to life a catalogue of criminal investigations, corruption litigation, environmental issues, cronyism and human rights abuses.
Read more and see the book here
- Our coalition made its way inside the Science Museum to hold an unsanctioned book launch. Our speakers talked about the impact of Adani on local communities in South Asia and how inviting Adani to sponsor the Energy Revolution Gallery is a huge step backwards for the credibility of the cultural sector.
Read more in the Museums Association Newsletter
- After the revelations that Adani Green Shares were used as collateral for coal expansion, Norway’s largest pension company dropped their share in Adani. Renowed scientists called the sponsorship deal “reprehensible” and warn the Science Museum that its global reputation is at risk.
Read more in The Art Newspaper
News & Resources
Over 1000 tickets booked for the Science Museum's "India Lates” event went unused, as protesters called for the cancellation of the Museum’s sponsorship deal with Indian coal-producing conglomerate Adani. South Asia Solidarity Group questioned Museum Director Ian Blatchford about the Adani deal and left a 'Coal Out of Our Museum' message at the heart of the event.
Hundreds of teachers pledge to boycott the Science Museum gallery sponsored by Adani. Over 400 teachers signed an open letter, saying "If your proposed Energy Revolution gallery (due to open in 2023) is sponsored by Adani, then we will not be bringing our students to it – or any other exhibition sponsored by a fossil fuel company.
Two protests in one day at the Science Museum demanded that it drop Adani as a sponsor.
The majority of the UK public thinks that the Science Museum should not accept fossil fuel sponsorship.
Science Museum cancels event as speakers withdraw over fossil fuel sponsorship. Professor Celia Morgan and Dr Rosalind Watts pulled out of Lates at the Science Museum to protest against the management decision to continue accepting sponsorship from fossil fuel companies.
Brazilian digital artist João Queiroz pulls out of the Science Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Voyage to the Edge of Imagination, in protest against its deal with Adani, in solidarity with Indigenous communities.
- Indigenous Voices are brought directly to the Science Museum via films played on an Ad Van, along with a solidarity protest organised by a coalition of 11 different groups (Coal Action Network; Culture Unstained; Fossil Free London; London Mining Network; Market Forces; South Asia Solidarity Group; Tipping Point UK; UK Student Climate Network London; Scientists for XR; Survival International; XR Hammersmith and Fulham)
- Over 5000 letters are sent asking the Science Museum to listen to Indigenous people and drop Adani.