Program · Outcome 1: Increased awareness and understanding of Australia’s history and culture by managing the National Museum’s collections and providing access through public programs and exhibitions
Program 1.1: Collection Management, Research, Exhibitions and Programs
The National Museum of Australia increases the awareness and understanding of Australia’s history and culture through its collections and research, providing access to the public through its public programs and exhibitions.
National Museum of Australia, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 443 reported
$13m
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$483k (+3.8%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $57m 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 | $55m | $57m | +$1.8m +3.2% | not counted: funding already counted at the paying department | Table 2.1.1, row 1052 |
| Revenues from other independent sources | corporate | $12m | $12m | +$354k +3.0% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1054 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | corporate | $886k | $1.0m | +$129k +14.6% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1053 |