The Sackler family has graciously supported The Met for 50 years and has not proposed any new contributions, nonetheless, in consideration of the ongoing litigation, the prudent course of action at this time is to suspend acceptance of gifts from individuals associated with this public health crisis.

Daniel Weiss

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The Sackler family has been connected with The Met for more than a half century. The family is a large extended group, and their support of The Met began decades before the opioid crisis, the Met is currently engaging in a further review of our detailed gift acceptance policies, and we will have more to report in due course.

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The goal of the policy is to find a better balance for the institution, the current policy has failed.

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