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The museum’s director had previously said he was not going to erase the name of the Sackler family, which founded Purdue Pharma, the creator of an addictive opioid painkiller.
The V&A Museum is the latest in a long line of museums to remove the Sackler name.
London's V&A has removed the Sackler name from its walls, following cultural institutions in the city including the British Museum and Tate.
The V&A Museum's move to eliminate the Sackler name came three years after the dramatic protest staged by the artist Nan Goldin.
V&A was last major UK institution to retain Sackler name after other UK cultural institutions distanced themselves from the benefactors