The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) is calling on the U.S. National Slavery Museum to return a $200,000 donation from tobacco company Philip Morris USA, but so far museum officials are refusing.

The Associated Press reported March 20 that CTFK president Matthew L. Myers wrote to museum director Vonita Foster saying, "by taking receipt of this donation, the museum is joining forces with a company that continues to target children for another form of slavery."

But museum spokesman Matt Langan said, "We're happy that Philip Morris was progressive enough and stepped up to the plate and donated. We hope other corporations will follow suit." As part of a $165-million capital campaign, the museum has targeted companies that previously profited from the slave trade.

Plans call for the 290,000-square-foot museum to open in 2008 in Fredericksburg, Va.