Requests for reproductions of objects from the Museum's collections may be made for scholarly, non-commercial purposes, or for sale or commercial purposes. Reproduction rights in any medium must be obtained in writing from the Museum prior to reproduction.

Reproduction Policies

Requests for reproductions must be made in writing to Director, Louisiana State Museum, P.O. Box 2448, New Orleans, LA 70176-2448. All requests for permission to reproduce must include complete details as to the intended use.

Reproduction for scholarly, non-commercial purposes requires approval of the Museum Assistant Secretary or his designee. Reproduction for sale or commercial purposes requires the approval of the Museum Assistant Secretary or the Board of Directors.

Fees will be charged for reproduction rights for any collection object to which the Museum has title, unless waived by the Museum Assistant Secretary or by the Board of Directors. Establishment of fees will be in accordance with the published schedule but may be adjusted on a case-by-case basis.

All fees will be paid in advance, with checks made payable to the Louisiana State Museum. Failure to pay the required fees for reproduction means that permission has not been granted. Paid fees are non-refundable.

The reproduction may be used only once and only for the purpose for which permission was granted. Single use is defined as a publication or product having a single physical format, a single date of production, and a single market. Any change in content constitutes a separate edition. Any subsequent or different use, including subsequent editions, editions in a different physical format, or editions in a different language constitutes a re-use and a new application must be made in writing. Fees will also be charged for re-use.

Permission is valid only for the individual, company, or institution to whom it is specifically issued, and may not be transferred, assigned, sold, or otherwise disposed of without written permission from the Museum.

Each object must be reproduced unaltered and in its entirety, unless approved in advance and in writing by the Museum. The reproduction must be full-tone black-and-white or full color and must not be not be cropped, bled off the page, printed on color stock or with colored ink, nor have anything superimposed on the image. When a detail is used, the word "detail" must appear in the caption with the complete credit line. If so requested on this form, a proof must be approved by the Louisiana State Museum before reproduction of an image in color.

The publisher must provide the Museum with one complete, gratis copy of the publication in which the image is reproduced, and notify the Museum of any public screening, initial broadcast, or publication dates.
Purchasing reproductions for study or research purposes does not imply the right to publish or reproduce.

Copyright and Title

The Louisiana State Museum will endeavor to only grant permission to reproduce objects which are in the public domain, or for which the Museum is the owner of Copyright or trademark.

has a non-exclusive agreement with the owner allowing it to grant permission. If a request is made for an object that falls outside of these parameters, the Museum will not approve reproduction requests unless written permission is provided by the Copyright or trademark owner. The responsibility for ascertaining whether such rights exist and for obtaining all other necessary permission remains with the applicant. Museum staff cannot serve as an intermediary to obtain permission from a Copyright holder on behalf of the applicant.

The Museum must hold clear title, including clear title to all applicable reproduction rights, to the objects for which reproductions have been requested in order for reproduction permission to be granted. The Museum will not grant permission otherwise. If an object is on loan to the Museum, written permission to reproduce must be provided to the Museum by the legal owner of the object.

The Museum makes no warranties or representations, and assumes no responsibility whatsoever, for claims against the applicant or Museum by artists, their agents, estates, or by any parties in connection with the reproduction of objects in the Museum's collections. The applicant agrees to protect, defend, indemnify, save, and hold harmless the Louisiana State Museum against any and all such claims, including Copyright infringement claims, trademark infringement claims, invasion of privacy claims, publicity claims, moral rights claims, and royalty or fee demands and/or actions, including all attorneys fees and the costs thereof, arising as a result of the applicant's reproduction of objects in the Museum's collections, or which may occur or in any way grow out of any act or omission of the applicant, its agents, servants, and employees. The applicant agrees to investigate, handle, respond to, provide defense for, and defend any such claims, demands, or suits at its sole expense and agrees to bear all other costs and expenses related thereto, even if it is groundless, false, or fraudulent. Any and all royalty payments or other requirements specified by the Copyright owner of an object must be paid or honored by the applicant or his/her agent.

In authorizing the publication, the Louisiana State Museum retains all rights, and does not surrender its right to publish the image or to grant permission to others to do so.

Notice: Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions

The Copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of Copyrights material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purposes other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for Copyright infringement. The Louisiana State Museum reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of Copyright law.

Rights of Privacy

An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlines in Title 45 CFR Section 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). The Louisiana State Museum reserves the right to require a release from individuals whose privacy may be violated by the reproduction. The Museum extends the rights of privacy to include Native American human remains and associated funerary