Dear Tiina:

Try contacting The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
(SITES) - they travel about 96 exhibitions per year and have a standard
system in place for all aspects of their operations.
(202) 357-3168  They can also put you in touch with other Traveling
Exhibition Operations.

Kind Regards

Roger Wulff
Museum Services International
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Tiina Hendrikson wrote:
>
> We are researching the charging of fees for outgoing loans, especially to
> private/commercial institutions.The Powerhouse Museum is a government funded
> museum  of science, technology and dec arts in  Sydney. Are  there any
> institutions who have an existing schedule of fees that they would be
> prepared to let us see?
>
> We are aware that many libraries charge and that these are often fixed
> charges for specific types of objects eg posters, photographs, historical
> documents. These costs seem to be based on recovering a percentage of
> conservation and curatorial preparation time.
>
> Any information gratefully received.
>
> Tiina
> Powerhouse Museum
> Sydney
>
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