Program · Outcome 1: Increased understanding, knowledge and enjoyment of the visual arts by providing access to, and information about, works of art locally, nationally and internationally
Program 1.1: Collection development, management, access and promotion
The National Gallery aims to build and maintain an outstanding national collection of works of art, providing access locally, nationally, and internationally
National Gallery of Australia, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 9 reported
$42m
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$623k (−1.5%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $76m is listed for this program but not counted, because it is counted elsewhere or is not an expense. Each line below says why.
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
AusTender and GrantConnect record the agency, not the program, so contracts and grants are shown on the entity page.
Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1) | corporate | $82m | $76m | −$5.6m −6.9% | not counted: funding already counted at the paying department | Table 2.1.1, row 1045 |
| Revenues from other independent sources | corporate | $24m | $23m | −$633k −2.6% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1047 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | corporate | $19m | $19m | +$10k +0.1% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1046 |