What is Available
- digital files
- slides, color transparencies, or prints (for some collection objects)
- Professional Photography can be arranged at the requestor's expense
Fees
Public Relations Images: Any Public Relations image (including installation shots, artist images, and event images) requested for publication or exhibition will be charged a flat fee of $20 per 2,000 units (or 6 months viewable on a website or in exhibition).
Images of Works of Art:
Any image of a Work of Art requested for publication or
exhibition that does NOT contain scholarly references to the
works of art requested for reproduction will be charged a flat
fee of $450 per 20,000 units (or 1 year viewable on a website or
in exhibition).
Images of Works of Art requested for publication or exhibition that DO contain scholarly references to the works of art requested for reproduction will be charged a flat fee of $250 per 20,000 units (or 1 year viewable on a website or in exhibition). This includes use for print, publicity, advertising, and exhibition catalogues.
Images of Works of Art requested for publication or exhibition by ISU departments or entities will be assed a flat fee of $150 per 20,000 units (or 1 year viewable on a website or in exhibition).
Rush Fees and Fines: A rush fee of $50 will be assessed to any request for images needed within 2 weeks of the initial contact. A $300 fine will be assessed to the requestor if the image (transparency or CD) is not returned by the time stated or if the image is returned in a damaged or unusable fashion.
Photographic Reproduction Inquiry form with full policies and fees
Ordering Procedures
- Request by email:
Download the Photographic Reproduction Inquiry form, fill it out, and email it to:
Allison Juull at aclone@iastate.edu
- Request by mail:
Download the Photographic Reproduction Inquiry form, fill it out, and mail it to:
University Museums
Attn: Allison Juull
290 Schamen Building
Ames, Iowa 50011
- Request by fax:
Download the Photographic Reproduction Inquiry form, fill it out, and fax it to: 515.294.3342
Once your request is reviewed and accepted, you will receive a countersigned copy of the Image Request form, which serves as both contract and invoice, and our list of conditions for reproduction of imagery. Return the form with your payment and allow 2-4 weeks (from the day the signed form is received) for your request to be processed. Rush requests are assessed and additional fee.
Prepayment is required in the form of checks payable is U.S. dollars, credit card, Intramural Purchase Orders (ISU only) or money orders.
The museum cannot provide reproductions of objects for which it does not hold copyright; in these instances, the museum will provide you with the appropriate contact information, if known, so that you can apply directly to the artist or artist’s estate for reproduction permission.
Professional journalists may request images to accompany media coverage of the museum, its special exhibitions, and permanent collection installations by emailing Allison Juull at aclone@iastate.edu.
