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.
Indigenous Repatriation
The Australian Government supports the repatriation of ancestral remains and secret sacred objects to their communities of...
Movable cultural heritage
Cultural material bought in Australia or overseas is protected by laws. Our role is to help you make sure that you buy, sell,...
Cultural Gifts Program
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...
250th anniversary of Captain...
Provides information about the Australian Government's package of measures to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of James Cook's...
What's new
Cultural heritage
Our latest video takes a look inside the Cook and the Pacific exhibition at the National Library of Australia.
Cultural heritage
The Orange Regional Museum received $90,000 to assist with the purchase of an ornamental centrepiece, the Campbell epergne.
Courtesy of the Orange Regional Museum (detail) +
Cultural heritage
The Government has provided $125,000 to the National Museum of Australia to purchase a rare female Tasmanian tiger (thylacine)...
Image courtesy of the National Museum of Australia (detail) +
Cultural heritage
To stay at the forefront of protecting Australia’s cultural property, we have updated the Protection of Movable Cultural...
Ptolemy's Cosmographical Map Sheet (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.
UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity
Australia is a party to the UNESCO Convention to protect and promote the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
