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 ea772bb891..efc1f086ae 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
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         <a [routerLink]="node.route" class="lead">
           {{node.name}}
         </a>
+        <span>[{{node.payload.archivedItems}}]</span>
       </h5>
     </div>
     <ds-truncatable [id]="node.id">
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/collection.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/collection.model.ts
index d1c49c8d4b..81efc33510 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/collection.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/collection.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { deserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import {autoserialize, deserialize, inheritSerialization} from 'cerialize';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { link, typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list.model';
@@ -16,12 +16,17 @@ import { COMMUNITY } from './community.resource-type';
 import { Community } from './community.model';
 import { ChildHALResource } from './child-hal-resource.model';
 import { HandleObject } from './handle-object.model';
+import {excludeFromEquals} from '../utilities/equals.decorators';
 
 @typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(DSpaceObject)
 export class Collection extends DSpaceObject implements ChildHALResource, HandleObject {
   static type = COLLECTION;
 
+  @excludeFromEquals
+  @autoserialize
+  archivedItems: number;
+
   /**
    * The {@link HALLink}s for this Collection
    */
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts
index f16aad9645..0bab8cfa22 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/community.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { deserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import {autoserialize, deserialize, inheritSerialization} from 'cerialize';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { link, typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list.model';
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ import { DSpaceObject } from './dspace-object.model';
 import { HALLink } from './hal-link.model';
 import { ChildHALResource } from './child-hal-resource.model';
 import { HandleObject } from './handle-object.model';
+import {excludeFromEquals} from '../utilities/equals.decorators';
 
 @typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(DSpaceObject)
 export class Community extends DSpaceObject implements ChildHALResource, HandleObject {
   static type = COMMUNITY;
 
+  @excludeFromEquals
+  @autoserialize
+  archivedItems: number;
+
   /**
    * The {@link HALLink}s for this Community
    */
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 c61adf5dad..b45a9a03bc 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
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 </a>
 <span *ngIf="linkType == linkTypes.None" class="lead">
     {{object.name}}
+    <span>[{{object.archivedItems}}]<span>
 </span>
+
 <div *ngIf="object.shortDescription" class="text-muted abstract-text">
     {{object.shortDescription}}
 </div>