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Overview of the Cultural Gifts Program

Published 9th Sep 2016

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Cultural Gifts Program Guide—Tax incentives for cultural gifts to Australia's public collections

The Cultural Gifts Program encourages Australians to donate items of cultural significance from private collections to public art galleries, museums, libraries and archives. Gifts can range from paintings, books, sculptures, manuscripts and personal papers to jewellery, ceramics, technological, mechanical, scientific or social history collections.