Our donors deserve this, and the public should expect it.” New York 's Metropolitan Museum of Art will no longer accept donations from members of the Sackler family , owner of Purdue Pharma , which manufactures OxyContin , a drug some experts partly blame for the US opioid crisis . The museum 's decision follows a year of protests over its ties to the controversial family , as well as similar decisions by the Guggenheim Foundation , numerous universities and several prominent UK arts institutions . Purdue faces lawsuits from over 1,500 US cities , counties and states , with several members of the Sackler family currently accused of being knowingly involved in over - prescribing drugs and underplaying the risk of addiction .
New York 's Metropolitan Museum of Art will no longer accept donations from members of the Sackler family , owner of Purdue Pharma , which manufactures OxyContin , a drug some experts partly blame for the US opioid crisis . The museum 's decision follows a year of protests over its ties to the controversial family , as well as similar decisions by the Guggenheim Foundation , numerous universities and several prominent UK arts institutions . Purdue faces lawsuits from over 1,500 US cities , counties and states , with several members of the Sackler family currently accused of being knowingly involved in over - prescribing drugs and underplaying the risk of addiction .