Cultural heritage
We protect national and international movable cultural heritage: we regulate exports and imports, and help museums, galleries and libraries acquire important cultural material. We help repatriate Indigenous ancestral remains and cultural material.
Movable cultural heritage
Cultural material bought in Australia or overseas are protected by laws. Our role is to help you make sure that you buy, sell,...
Cultural Gifts Program—Overview
The Cultural Gifts Program offers tax incentives to encourage people to donate cultural items to public art galleries, museums,...
Register of Cultural Organisations
Organisations listed on the Register of Cultural Organisations can receive tax deductible donations. This helps cultural...
Indigenous Repatriation
The Australian Government supports the repatriation of ancestral remains and secret sacred objects to their communities of...
What's new
Cultural heritage
This week we marked the beginning of the journey home for Mungo Man and 104 ancestors.
Cultural heritage
Last night marked the first repatriation from Canada under the Indigenous Repatriation Program.
Cultural heritage
The formal handover of a Port Stewart ancestor was undertaken in Germany on 24 October 2017.
Courtesy of the Lama Lama community (detail) +
Cultural heritage
Recipients for the 2017 Community Heritage Grants Program have been announced.
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia (detail) +
Funding programs
Bruno Benini (detail) +
Cultural heritage
The National Cultural Heritage Account helps Australian public cultural organisations buy significant objects that they could not otherwise afford.
Cultural heritage
The National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach program aims to bring Australian and overseas cultural material to all Australians through national tours, and help tour Australian works overseas.
UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity
Australia is a party to the UNESCO Convention to protect and promote the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
