Dear Jennifer,

The American Federation of Arts offers an excellent insurance program called
Artsure that will resolve the sort of problems you are having (at below market
rates for annual blanket polices).  Call our Artsure Representative, Lynn
Marcin, at Huntington Block Insurance in Washington, DC,  Phone: 800-424-8830.

This will also help you to direct more money into programing where it belongs.

Best Wishes,

John W. Nichols
Director of  Museum Services


Jennifer Nuske wrote:

> The movable cultural heritage (and guests) at our historic site consist of
> the following:
>
> - archaeological material (archaefacts, I call them)
> - artefacts (in the sense of furniture, plates, documents etc)
> - building remnants (including original wallpaper and garden fencing)
> - material used for display with no providence to the site whatsoever (some
> - reproductions but others are valuable antiques etc in their own right)
>
> There are two "collections" to encompass the above at present. We think
> there are practical reasons for sub-categories of material but know the
> present two are inadequate and that an umbrella policy that spells out the
> best sub-groups and how they communicate with each other is overdue. I
> would like to hear from anyone who has dealt with trying to produce
> something similar. Replies on or off-list most welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jennifer Nuske
> CURATOR
> Port Arthur Historic Site
> Port Arthur, TAS 7182
> Australia