Lose your way
date: label: date made
content: 2018
notes: label: Description
content: This leaflet was created by P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) to protest Sackler family philanthropy. It is modeled on a wayfinding brochure for the FreerSackler Gallery (now known as the National Museum of Asian Art).
label: Description
content: In the 2010s, the nation’s opioid crisis sparked controversy over the prominent Sackler family’s cultural philanthropy. The Sacklers owned Purdue Pharma, the company that developed opioids and developed the marketing techniques that led to the painkillers’ wide distribution. With the wealth they accumulated from the sale of opioids, members of the family have been major benefactors to some of the leading cultural and educational institutions in the United States, including the Smithsonian Institution, as well as foreign institutions. Activists, led by photographer Nan Goldin, who had been addicted to opioids, have argued that museums and universities have allowed the Sacklers to burnish their reputations with their giving. In 2018 and 2019, P.A.I.N. activists held protests at various museums urging them to cut their ties with the Sacklers. This leaflet comes from the demonstration P.A.I.N. held at the FreerSackler in April 2018.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0251.02
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0251.02
label: accession number
content: 2019.0251
objectType: label: Object Name
content: leaflet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.6 cm x 14 cm; 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in