If anyone wants to use photos from the British Museum, they are all available free of charge, and can be used on websites or in articles or books. However, the National Museum of Wales is very different: If they have photographed the item you want, such as bones from caves, then for anything other than totally private use they ask for ?150 per photo per year, and insist you renew an annual license. For items with no photographs, they are able to take specific photos for ?50 each, plus the ?150 a year.
For those wanting to write articles or use images in any publication on a non-profit basis, this in effect means their prices are wholly unrealistic.
The vast majority of NMW collections from caves are not on display but remain in their vaults. One would think NMW would be keen for interested people to come along and take their own photos and for these to educate the public at large, but even this is not viewed well.
Has anyone else had similar problems with NMW?
For those wanting to write articles or use images in any publication on a non-profit basis, this in effect means their prices are wholly unrealistic.
The vast majority of NMW collections from caves are not on display but remain in their vaults. One would think NMW would be keen for interested people to come along and take their own photos and for these to educate the public at large, but even this is not viewed well.
Has anyone else had similar problems with NMW?