State Indemnities for Art Exhibition

The state indemnity system also applies to historical and other cultural exhibitions. State indemnity discharges the organisers of major exhibitions from the costs incurred by exhibit insurance. The purpose of the system is to promote high-level international and domestic exhibition activity and cultural exchange.

The organiser of an exhibition entitled to state indemnity can only be a domestic public corporation or other non-profit organisation or foundation. State indemnity cannot be granted to exhibitions that are commercial in nature. The exhibition premises must be intended for hosting permanent exhibitions and must fulfil all applicable fire and other safety requirements.

The state indemnity is discretionary and may include conditions or restrictions set for the exhibition organiser. General safety requirements may also be imposed on the exhibition premises and transportation arrangements.

An application for state indemnity must be submitted to the Registry of the Ministry of Education and Culture at least three (3) months before the beginning of the state indemnity applied. Address: P.O. Box 29, 00023 Government. If the indemnification decision is needed earlier than this, the application must be submitted at a correspondingly earlier date.

Note! Any appendices to the application that are submitted at a later date must be sent directly to the secretary of the State Indemnity Board, not the Ministry.

In the granting of state indemnity, the Ministry of Education and Culture is assisted by the State Indemnity Board.

Instructions

State Indemnity Board - Guide for Applicants
What to do in the event of damage (in Finnish)

Forms

Application form for state indemnity for art exhibitions (in Finnish)  
Form for notification of damage to an object covered by state indemnity (in Finnish)
Follow-up form (in Finnish)

Models

General descripition of the security systems (in Finnish)
Inspection report on the security systems  (in Finnish)
 

EU/Collection Mobility

European indemnity schemes – comparative chart

Unofficial translations

• Act on State Indemnity for Art Exhibitions (30 May  411/1986)   
• Decree on State Indemnity for Art Exhibitions (6 June 445/1986)
• Loi sur la garantie de l'Etat pour les expositions d'art (411/1986)  
• Décret sur la garantie de l'Etat pour les expositions d'art (445/1986)   
• Acto sobre la indemnizacion del estado para exhibiciones de arte (411/1986)  
• Decreto sobre la indemnizacion del estado para exhibiciones de arte (445/1986)
• Закон о государственных гарантиях на художественные выставки (411/1986)
• Постановление о государственных гарантиях на художественные выставки (445/1986)
• Νομοθετική Πράξη περί Κρατικής Αποζημίωσης για τις Εκθέσεις Τέχνης  (1986/411)
• Ψήφισμα για την Κρατική Αποζημίωση των Εκθέσεων Τέχνης  (445/1986)
• Legge sul risarcimento da parte dello stato per le mostre d'arte (411/1986)
• Decreto sul risarcimento da parte dello stato per le mostre d'art (445/1986)