GO4916: National Cultural Heritage Account

The National Cultural Heritage Account (the Account) grant program assists Australian cultural organisations to acquire significant cultural heritage objects.

The Account helps to retain and protect Australia's cultural heritage for future generations and provide public access to important objects that tell a story about our cultural identity.

The Australian Government allocates $500,000 each financial year.

There is no limit on the amount you can apply for, and funding over multiple years may be considered.

There are no funding round deadlines.

Applications can be made at any time during the year, and are assessed on a case by case basis.

Australian cultural organisations are eligible to apply.

Such organisations might be museums, art galleries, libraries, archives, historic buildings and others having permanent and appropriately maintained/conserved collections which are accessible to the public.

Preference will be given to cultural organisations with the intention and capacity to care for and provide public access to Australian Protected Objects in perpetuity.

Assistance may also be given to other persons, particularly where they intend to gift the object to an eligible cultural organisation with a permanent public collection.

Given the special significance of Class A objects of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, grants in respect of those objects may be made to groups which do not have a permanent public collection.

When funding assistance is provided to a third party to gift an object to an appropriate cultural organisation, the grant and the gifting of the object are to be simultaneous.