Boost for Australia's national cultural institutions

Like many others in the cultural and creative sector, our major institutions have lost revenue from visitors, exhibitions and donations during the pandemic.

The funding comprises:

• $2.3 million for the Australian Film Television and Radio School
• $2.0 million for the Australian National Maritime Museum
• $2.5 million for the National Film and Sound Archive
• $4.5 million for the National Gallery of Australia
• $5.4 million for the National Library of Australia
• $3.9 million for the National Museum of Australia
• $1.2 million for the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, and
• $1.1 million for Screen Australia

In 2018–19 Australia's national cultural institutions attracted over 10.6 million visitors (including traveling exhibitions) and had more than 49.5 million visits to their websites. Nearly a million objects from the national collections are now accessible to the public online.

Find out more

• Visit the Museums, libraries and galleries web page
• Read the Minister's media release