NEA Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Program 1, FY2027 (12/26)
This grant offers indemnity coverage for domestic exhibitions of art and artifacts; application details are available at arts.gov.
Funder: National Endowment for the Arts
Due Dates: December 7, 2026: Part 1 (Grants.gov) submission deadline | December 11, 2026: Part 2 (NEA Applicant Portal) submission deadline
Funding Amounts: $10,000–$100,000 per award (domestic indemnity); no cost sharing or matching required
Summary: Provides federal indemnity coverage to U.S. nonprofit museums and organizations for objects owned by U.S. entities and exhibited in the United States, reducing insurance costs for temporary exhibitions of significant art and artifacts.
Description
The NEA Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Program provides federal indemnity agreements to eligible U.S. nonprofit museums and organizations for objects owned by U.S. entities and exhibited within the United States. This program, administered by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) on behalf of the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities (FCAH), is designed to minimize the cost of insuring temporary exhibitions of art and artifacts of cultural, historical, or scientific significance. Indemnity coverage protects against loss or damage to eligible objects during exhibitions, with the intent of increasing public access to important works by reducing the financial burden of commercial insurance.
