We have been contacted by another museum which wants to have an artist reproduce several of our artifacts for exhibition purposes. The artifacts are old and rare and it is not really feasible for us to lend them long term for exhibition so this seems a reasonable request. The objects are fragile and this artist will not be making casts or other direct facsimiles but rather creating new objects to look like the old. However, we are concerned with essentially losing control of our artifacts through these reproductions and would like to come up with some kind of agreement limiting the use of these reproductions to exhibit and education and other not-for-profit uses. If you have been in a similar situation or even if you have allowed reproductions to be made of your artifacts for other purposes we would be interested in the kind of terms and limits you have set, sample language you have used, etc., and that those reproducing your artifacts have agreed to. We would appreciate any help you can give, as we are under a bit of time pressure on this issue. Many thanks in advance. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * Felicia Pickering * * [log in to unmask] * =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=