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
Three new members have been appointed to the Advisory Committee for Indigenous Repatriation for three years.
Cultural heritage
Museums Victoria has returned 26 sacred objects to central Australia.
Cultural heritage
The Government has announced funding to assist two museums to purchase significant culture items.
Artist Tutuma Tjapangati: Untitled (1971) (detail) +
Cultural heritage
The Government has released a discussion paper on potential reforms to the deductible gift recipient (DGR) tax arrangements.
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.
