PERMITS - National Museum of the Philippines
| The Permit to Export issued by the National Museum is a requirement whenever you try to ship or bring out an artwork out of the Philippines. This requirement falls under REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4846 "Cultural Properties Preservation and Protection Act.”
One to a maximum of ten artworks per permit. | |
| Secure the following: Request letter Affidavit of ownership for the artwork Exhibition invitation, poster or other announcement. Three signed copies of the order of payment Picture of the painting Xerox of ID and Cedula |
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| Request Letter
The letter, to be addressed to the current person in charge, must contain the following information: 1. Reason for applying. (e.g for exhibition, for sale) 2. Details of the exhibition or event / destination of the artwork 3. Artwork details: Title, medium, size, date or year finished. 4. Your contact details. (It does not show my address or phone here but recommended that you do include below your name and signature, for easy reference.) |
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| Affidavit of Ownership for the Artwork Create an affidavit of ownership for the artwork and have it notarized in your area. You will need a valid Community Tax Certificate (cedula) number. Template below is for artworks to be sent for exhibitions abroad. Cost for getting the document made and notarized is usually P50 or P100. |
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| Posters or Announcements Gather supporting info about the event. Save and print the files. Indicate the links if the site is available online. These may be used by the National Museum for verification of the event. Attach these to the documents you will submit above. |
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| Order of Payment This form is available at the National Museum. For those attempting to apply remotely (from the Provinces using courier services), please print this in triplicate. Important to note that you need three signed or accomplished copies of this for submitting your application as it goes to three separate filling offices at the National Museum. |
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| Picture of the Painting Include a 3R size picture of the artwork/artworks with the documents. At the back, label the picture with the artist name, painting title, medium, size, date or year finished. |
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Xerox of ID and Cedula Submit a copy of an identification card that has both your picture and signature. We usually submit a copy of the community tax certificate too to support the Affidavit of Ownership paper. |
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Submit by Personal Appearance at the National Museum Once all the requirements are ready, submit to the Cultural Property Division of the National Museum. The fee is about P 260. Processing may be from 1 to 3 days. |
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| Submit your Application from the Provinces This service is really not yet available as the National Museum is still developing the remote application feature for their website. But we are very grateful to the National Museum people who listened and accommodated our request for applying through courier services. They were ready and happy to help our artists knowing that many are from the provinces and travel cost may be considerable. Big thank you to Mr. Angel P. Bautista, Mr. Virgilio Arcilla and Mr. Randy for guiding us on how this can be done. 1. Accomplish all requirements and send to: Mr. Angel P. Bautista Chief of Cultural Property Division National Museum Padre Burgos Drive, Rizal Park City of Manila, Philippines 2. Send the fee using a courier service that delivers the payment to the office. Nearest courier service might be quite a distance away and remember that they are also busy at the National Museum. It would be best to have the payment delivered to minimize disruptions at the office. The export permit fee is P260. But I sent 420 or 450 to cover the permit payment (P260) and the sending back (P150) plus a bit extra in case there is need to commute. For those planning to use this option, please add a bit extra in anticipation for the text that go back and forth. The good people at the National Museum even asked me how I wanted the change after the document was sent back through courier but I asked them to please keep (very small amount leftover after the fee and courier) to buy load (phone credit) I knew they were using out of their own pockets. Big big thank you to them. 3. In less than a week after sending, I received my National Museum permit via LBC. | |
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| With the permit, you now can use any courier service, go through custom when bringing the art abroad and have no trouble receiving the artwork back once the exhibition finishes.
Article written by Karen Sioson Contributors: Many thanks to Danny and Noemi Doce for doing the research and giving the group templates for the documents. To Noel Pocot who also inquired and sent me back info. | |
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Contact the National Museum. Email: culturalprop/@nationalmuseum.gov.ph www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph/ |
