The Rights and Reproductions office processes orders for images from the collection, as well as those of the museum facility. It also handles requests for permission to reproduce images. For calendars, postcards, and other product development, your request will be forwarded to our shops for permission.
If you would like to order an image or request permission to reproduce an image, please fax, mail, or e-mail the rights and reproductions office at the contact information below. Your letter should include as much of the following information as possible:
- Contact name
- Company name
- Shipping and billing addresses
- Phone and fax numbers
- e-mail address
- Information about the object requested (i.e. object number, artist, title, medium, culture, date)
- Photographic material format requested35mm slide, black and white print, color print, color transparency for publication, or digital image.
If you are requesting permission to reproduce an image, please include the following information as well:
- Project or publication name and description (for publications, please provide as much bibliographical information as possible)
- Quantity (print-run or estimated number of subscriptions if an online publication)
- Please indicate if this is an educational or non-profit project
- If you are requesting permission to reuse an image you already have, please indicate when and where you obtained it. If applicable, include an invoice or permission number.
Rights and Reproductions Coordinator
Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 707
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
202.633.0347 (phone)
202.633.9770 (fax)
reprorights@si.edu or gracec@si.edu