If Trump Axes This Program, ‘The Quality And Standing Of All American Museums Would Diminish Overnight’ – And The Program Costs Almost Nothing

The NEA’s Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program has saved museums hundreds of millions in insurance premiums and made possible countless high-profile exhibitions that couldn’t have happened without it. But if the NEA is shut down, this program will be shut down with it – and there is no private-sector alternative.