We are a state park museum - and the state is self-insured. To get around that when we borrowed exhibits or items for temporary display from other museums, our friends group paid for the insurance.
Does the Arts Council have insurance for staff liability? If they really want it, they should be able to find or rise the money for a temporary insurance policy. It isn't very expensive. If they are ambivalent, but you really want to display the artifacts, then you're probably going to have to obtain the coverage. There are plenty of insurance companies that handle this type of insurance. The AAM business directory has companies listed if I remember correctly. (And it has been a number of years since we need insurance for a temporary exhibit...)
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Alan Goldstein
Interpretive Naturalist
Falls of The Ohio State Park Interpretive Center
Clarksville IN
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-13-2014 07:24 AM
From: Anna Fariello
Subject: Exhibit insurance for non-museum venue
I am curating a touring exhibit of rather precious objects. While I have travelled many exhibits, these were either low-security or were placed in a museum that insured them. This exhibit--of intricate Cherokee stone carvings--is going to an Arts Council venue. While each piece will be under a vitrine, the collector (and I) are not comfortable with the lack of insurance. Our local insurance agents have no experience with any policies like this. Anna
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Anna Fariello
Curatorial InSight
Cullowhee NC
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