(1)  The Board has the following strategic functions:

(a) to determine the strategic direction of TMAG in accordance with the objectives from time to time set by Government, whether through Ministerial statements of expectation or otherwise;

(b) to ensure that the strategic performance of TMAG meets the objectives from time to time set by Government, whether through Ministerial statements of expectation or otherwise;

(c) to nurture, enhance and promote the value of TMAG as a key asset of the Tasmanian community;

(d) to encourage and promote community access to, involvement in and support for TMAG;

(e) to engage in, or facilitate or make arrangements for, such marketing and fundraising activities for TMAG as may advance and promote, and not detract from or conflict with, the TMAG objectives and the Board's overall functions;

(f) to perform such other strategic functions as it may be given by this or any other Act.

(2)  The Board is to oversee –

(a) the control and management of TMAG, including TMAG property, infrastructure and equipment; and

(b) the performance of any other managerial and administrative functions as may be given by this or any other Act.

(3)  The Board is also the steward of the TMAG collections and, without limiting the generality of this stewardship function, is responsible for –

(a) the care of the collections; and

(b) the development and improvement of the collections, including, as appropriate, the acquisition and disposal of material for and from the collections in accordance with Division 2 of this Part; and

(c) the promotion and display of the collections; and

(d) the interpretation of the collections; and

(e) the support and promotion of research into matters relevant to TMAG and its collections; and

(f) the undertaking, or promotion and support, of research into matters of cultural, scientific and historical interest concerning material in the collections.

(4)  In the performance of its functions, the Board is to have constant regard to the TMAG objectives and act in a way that best meets and advances those objectives.