National Endowment for the Arts
Arts and Artifacts Indemnity
Key facts
- Open now
- 3 grants
- Type of help
- Insurance
- Deadlines
- In each year's official notice: NEA Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Program 1, FY2027 (12/26)
Open now
- NEA Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Program 1, FY2027 (12/26) · Due Dec 7, 2026 · 58 days left
- NEA Arts and Artifacts International Indemnity Program 2, FY2027 (3/27) · Due Mar 8, 2027 · 149 days left
- NEA Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Program 2, FY2027 (6/27) · Due Jun 7, 2027 · 240 days left
What it pays for
To provide for indemnification against loss or damage for eligible art works, artifacts, and objects (1) when borrowed from abroad for exhibition in the U.S.; (2) when borrowed from the U.S. for exhibition abroad, preferably when there is an exchange exhibition from a foreign country; (3) when borrowed from the U.S. for exhibition in the U.S. as part of exhibitions from abroad which include foreign-owned objects; and 4) when borrowed from U.S. collections for exhibition in the U.S.
Who can apply
Federal, State, local government, Federally recognized tribal entities, and nonprofit agencies and institutions may apply.
How applications are judged
Contact the Indemnity Administrator.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal year 2025: Indemnified exhibitions are listed at arts.gov.
Fiscal year 2026: Indemnified exhibitions will be listed as they are approved at arts.gov.
Fiscal year 2027: Indemnified exhibitions will be listed as they are approved at arts.gov.