Heidi, The short answer to your question is "yes," there are restrictions, but much depends upon the institution. A museum like the Museum of Modern Art has a 3-page permission form (if I recall correctly). Other institutions have very simple half page short forms. Usually the permission is for a one-time use and often the institution asks for detailed information: the name of the catalog, its publisher, title of the piece, how many published, etc. Often the form also tells the borrower how to correctly credit the lending institution. Many of the larger institutions have departments that handle the reproduction and permissions, you can call and get a sample permission form. I think the Smithsonian Art Museum's may be on its website. Anna Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 06:36:28 -0700 From: heidi hiteshue <[log in to unmask]> Subject: schedule of fees MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii if and when a photograph is "borrowed" from a museum and a usage fee is collected, is there some type of contract between the parties that restricts its use, and/or the number of reproductions allowed? is altering the image allowed? does this all depend on whether the buyer will profit from using the image or not? if anyone has any samples of this type of contract would they mind sharing it with me? thanks, heidi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anna Fariello, Curatorial InSight, Box 505, Christiansburg VA 24068 www.curatorialinsight.com; 540-382-3946; [log in to unmask] Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061-0227 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).