...why would they do that? British Museum is a public insitution, is the director corrupt?

Public institutions don't take donations in the UK? They certainly do in the US.

Since when are donations equal to corruption? I certainly wasn't claiming that.

	▲	novia 15 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They have a donation page and everything https://www.britishmuseum.org/support-us/donate
	▲	gambiting 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The article explicitly says Thiel hasn't made a donation. So if it's not in exchange for a donation, why is he being put forward for this? Ie - is the director of the museum(or someone else) receiving some benefit under the table to make this happen?