diff --git a/src/app/community-list-page/community-list/community-list.component.html b/src/app/community-list-page/community-list/community-list.component.html
index efc1f086ae..5f940b4405 100644
--- a/src/app/community-list-page/community-list/community-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/community-list-page/community-list/community-list.component.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <a [routerLink]="node.route" class="lead">
           {{node.name}}
         </a>
-        <span>[{{node.payload.archivedItems}}]</span>
+        <span *ngIf="node.payload.archivedItems" class="archived-items-lead">[{{node.payload.archivedItems}}]</span>
       </h5>
     </div>
     <ds-truncatable [id]="node.id">
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
index b1900908a5..1fdb97f17b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 <span *ngIf="linkType == linkTypes.None" class="lead">
     {{object.name}}
 </span>
-
-<span class="lead" *ngIf="object.archivedItems">[{{object.archivedItems}}]<span>
-
+<span *ngIf="object.archivedItems" class="archived-items-lead">[{{object.archivedItems}}]<span>
 <div *ngIf="object.shortDescription" class="text-muted abstract-text">
     {{object.shortDescription}}
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts
index c41d5a7314..c1d9665bc3 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,29 @@ import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
 let collectionListElementComponent: CollectionListElementComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<CollectionListElementComponent>;
 
+const mockCollectionWithArchivedItems: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
+  metadata: {
+    'dc.title': [
+      {
+        language: 'en_US',
+        value: 'Test title'
+      }
+    ]
+  }, archivedItems: 1
+});
+
+const mockCollectionWithoutArchivedItems: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
+  metadata: {
+    'dc.title': [
+      {
+        language: 'en_US',
+        value: 'Test title'
+      }
+    ]
+  }, archivedItems: 0
+});
+
+
 const mockCollectionWithAbstract: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
   metadata: {
     'dc.description.abstract': [
@@ -15,7 +38,7 @@ const mockCollectionWithAbstract: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
         value: 'Short description'
       }
     ]
-  }
+  }, archivedItems: 1
 });
 
 const mockCollectionWithoutAbstract: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
@@ -26,7 +49,7 @@ const mockCollectionWithoutAbstract: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection()
         value: 'Test title'
       }
     ]
-  }
+  }, archivedItems: 1
 });
 
 describe('CollectionListElementComponent', () => {
@@ -71,4 +94,29 @@ describe('CollectionListElementComponent', () => {
       expect(collectionAbstractField).toBeNull();
     });
   });
+
+
+  describe('When the collection has archived items', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      collectionListElementComponent.object = mockCollectionWithArchivedItems;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should show the archived items paragraph', () => {
+      const field = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('span.archived-items-lead'));
+      expect(field).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('When the collection has no archived items', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      collectionListElementComponent.object = mockCollectionWithoutArchivedItems;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should not show the archived items paragraph', () => {
+      const field = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('span.archived-items-lead'));
+      expect(field).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
 });