 One of the most important recommendations was the creation of a facility for the public display of the Naval Heritage Collection (NHC).Once approval for funding was received, a RANHC Project Board was formed and the project began on 24 May 2004.The NHC contains more than 250,000 individual items, and the mission of the RANHC is to display those objects of museum standard to the public, and through these displays capture something of the Australian naval experience.