Part 2 - Performance reports

Performance indicator	Achievements
Quality: 100% of National Historical Collection acquisitions is consistent with acquisitions policy 75% of National Historical Collection stored at or above appropriate Museum standards Quantity: 1000 conservation treatments Price: $9.157m ($48.19 per Collection item)	100% of National Historical Collection acquisitions is consistent with acquisition policy 75% of National Historical Collection is stored at or above appropriate museum standards 1500 conservation treatments $6.141m ($32.32 per Collection item)

• Council endorsed the Collections and Gallery Development Plan, which addresses issues raised in the Review of Exhibitions and Public Programs (2003)
• 46 significant collections were approved by Council for inclusion in the National Historical Collection
• 16 new collections, comprising 722 objects, accessioned
• integrated collections and exhibitions information management system installed
• 1500 objects underwent conservation treatment
• remains of 132 individuals repatriated to Indigenous communities.

The National Museum of Australia seeks to build a broad-based collection that provides a material record of Australian history. The National Historical Collection (NHC) is the core collection of the Museum and consists of the most historically and culturally significant objects acquired by the Museum. Objects in the collection total some 190,000 items.

Other collections include the Education Collection, comprising materials to support Museum programs and activities, and the Archival Collection, comprising documents, photographs, sound and vision recordings associated with material in the NHC.