Giving
Your support will help Queensland Museum to inspire curiosity and deepen knowledge, using our remarkable collections to share Queensland’s stories with the world and bring the world’s stories to Queensland.
Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible. Learn more about our incredible work below.
Contribute today to be part of our ongoing journey of discovery.
Help us digitally preserve Queensland’s stories and enable access for everyone. With your support, we can make more of our unique collections available online.
Become a Guardian of Queensland Museum and go behind the scenes on a voyage of discovery with our expert curators, collection managers and scientists.
What your support achieves
You inspire and engage young people across Queensland. Every year we welcome over 52,000 school students to our museums.
You enable our scientists to uncover new discoveries and advance research about our changing world.
You preserve our collections for future generations—over 15 million treasures that tell remarkable stories of history and heritage.
You celebrate the vibrant living cultures of First Nations peoples and elevate their voices and knowledge through our work.
A gift in your Will ensures our treasures can be discovered and enjoyed by everyone for generations to come.
Queensland Museum Foundation is a registered charity which raises funds to support Queensland Museum’s activities.
Our collections are based on the generosity of many people. Some significant items are donated directly to the museum while others are purchased through funds from the Queensland Museum Foundation.
Queensland Museum is the custodian of the State Collection: a magnificent assemblage of millions of significant cultural objects, natural history specimens and geological treasures, many of which have been generously donated by individual collectors and enthusiasts.
To make a cultural gift to Queensland Museum is to make a gift that will be seen and studied by future generations, deepening our knowledge and appreciation of the world around us.
The State Collection holds a diverse range of objects which contribute to our technological, mechanical, scientific and social history collections — items such as toys, clothing, household items, ceramics, manuscripts, cars, furniture, fossils and specimens. What connects these objects is the role they play in telling the stories of Queensland’s cultural and natural history.
How to make a cultural gift
If you are interested in making a cultural gift, we invite you to contact the Queensland Museum Foundation to discuss your intentions in the first instance.
Cultural gifts to Queensland Museum are accepted in accordance with our Cultural Gift Guidelines.
Queensland Museum is a participating institution in the Federal Government's Cultural Gifts Program which provides tax incentives to encourage Australians to donate culturally significant items from private collections to public art galleries, museums, libraries and archives.
Please be aware that the museum cannot accept every item for donation. If we are unable to accept your gift, it may be of interest to specialist museums or collectors.
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Get in touch with the Queensland Museum Foundation for more information on donating, becoming a partner or making a bequest.