Our online list of specialist suppliers will help you locate hard-to-find materials, tools and services.

If you have a favourite product or supplier, please add them to the list.

  • Acrylic Display Industries
    Exhibition supports, crates and related services

    Able to construct acrylic boxes to specification for wall-mounted and case displays.

  • Tydewi Bindery

    S. J. Howard, Restoration Bookbinding and Conservation at Tydewi Bindery, offers a range of bookbinding services

  • Antwerp Upholstery
    Plastics and foams

    Antwerp Upholstery Supplies sell Dacron, mountboard, museum board, card.

  • Art on the Move
    Exhibition supports, crates and related services

    Works in WA, nationally and internationally. Art crates and touring management.

  • Charles Parsons
    Fabrics, leather and accessories

    Fabrics, parsilk, Velcro. Also have offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington.

  • Commando Storage Systems
    Lab and office furniture

    Able to build storage & shelving units to specification (e.g. unit on wheels for storage of rolled materials).

  • Conservation Supplies Australia
    Conservation materials, tools, cards and boards, Japanese paper, based in Sydney.

  • Cospak
    Plastics and foams

    Suppliers of packing foam, tape, bubblewrap. Cospak also has offices in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart and Auckland.

  • CSIRO
    Analytical testing and monitoring

    The CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering unit offers X-ray diffraction (XRD), powder diffraction and micro-diffraction.

  • Dunlop Flexible Foam
    Plastics and foams

    Suppliers of Ethafoam, packing foam, tape. Dunlop Flexible Foams also has branches in NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New Zealand.

  • Edmund Optics
    Solvents and chemicals

    Sell heaps of optical systems, microscopes etc, including hand-held ‘pocket’ microscopes of x50 magnification. Also have a nice range of tweezers and miscellaneous things like pump-top HDPE solvent dispensers.

  • Endangered heritage
    Fabrics, leather and accessories, Paints, dyes & colouring material, Solvents and chemicals, Tools

    Suppliers of Teric G12A7 non-ionic surfactant (alcohol ethoxylate), distributors for Liberon in the ACT, Kremer pigments and binders, Albox and Preservation supplies. Has a 2000 strong retail line in conservation supplies including tools and equipment focusing on supplies for objects and textile conservation.

  • Felt Distribution
    Fabrics, leather and accessories

    Felt Distribution (Aust) Pty Ltd are also in Melbourne and Adelaide. Felts imported from German supplier BWF Textil GMBH & CO.KG.

  • Glass Art and Design
    Metals, ceramics, stone and glass

    Can make glass domes, shaped glass pieces or other missing features of objects.

  • Glass domes.com
    Metals, ceramics, stone and glass

    US supplier – specialises in glass domes and bases, new and antique, can be custom made.

  • GN OLSSON Mastercraftsmen Est 1983

    Rare trades and materials, plus exact reproductions: timber, veneer and inlays, cane, leather and baise (lining, embossing and gilding), porcelain and glass (bevel, dome, convex) and metal (including clock, instrument and machinery parts, casting), vintage electricals and equipment, Australiana.

  • Hinco Instruments
    Equipment, repairs and replacement parts

    Logger and monitor sales, calibration and maintenance

  • John Morris Scientific
    Equipment, repairs and replacement parts

    Postal address: PO Box 447, Willoughby, NSW 2068. Provide a calibrating and repair service for thermohygrographs.

  • Kamogawa
    Tools

    Kamogawa provides a range of Japanese repair papers, mounting brushes and paste bowls.

  • Larson Juhl, WA

Paper and boards. Also sell Fomecor, moulding, picture plates. A national company with various Australian offices and suppliers.

  • Masumi Corporation
    Tools
  • Melbourne Etching Supplies
    Tools

    Supplier of felts for pressing. Also stock brushes, Sennelier pastels and other tools. Postal address: P.O. Box 188, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065.

  • Millergraphic Controls
    Equipment, repairs and replacement parts

    Ask for red charts – the green ones don’t photocopy as well. Also sell replacement pen nibs for thermohygrgraphs.

  • POD Museum & Art Services
    Exhibition supports, crates and related services

    Offer a wide variety of services, including construction of specialised display supports, crates for transport, storage enclosures for large objects, installation and object packing.

  • Polypockets Pty Ltd
    Plastics and foams

    Suppliers of polypropylene and polyethylene bags. Can specify own sizes. ACN: 076 968 182.

    (Alice Cannon)

  • RH Conservation Engineering
    Tools

    Established in 1991 by conservator Robin HODGSON, RH Conservation Engineering is a research driven supplier of the most innovative, technically advanced and aesthetically pleasing conservation equipment available, providing consistent quality conservation results.

  • RMIT Microscopy & Microanalysis Facility
    Analytical testing and monitoring

    The RMIT Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility can provide scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy.

  • Rowe Scientific
    Solvents and chemicals

    Suppliers of chemicals and general labware. Rowe Scientific also have branches in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and NSW.

  • Signet Distributors

    Supplier of 3M products

  • Sealapak
    Plastics and foams

    Specialise in resealable ‘Ziploc’ bags made from low density polyethylene; variety of thicknesses available; can specify own size or purchase stock sizes; logos etc can be printed on plastic.

  • Sentrill Graphics
    Lab and office furniture

    Sentrill Graphics can service old-style guillotines and other graphic arts equipment. Can construct metal machinery/parts to specifications (e.g. board creaser, metal brackets). contact@sentrillgraphics.com.au

  • Steamatic Australia
    Health and safety

    Offer a variety of disaster-related services, including onsite recovery, vacuum freeze drying, mould cleaning, odour removal, structural dehumidication etc. Offices in most capital cities – see website for more details.

  • Surgical House
    Tools

    Surgical House sell general tools such as syringes, gloves, scalpels and cotton wool.

  • Teleflex
    Equipment, repairs and replacement parts

    National Customer Service: 1300 360 226. Offices in Sydney, Coorporoo (QLD), Adelaide and Belmont (WA). Brand purchased: Maymed Aquilon (Code SMAY 8460) – heavy duty. For consolidation, using gelatin, methyl cellulose etc.

  • Temperature Technology
    Equipment, repairs and replacement parts

    The T-TEC brand is Australian made. The T-TEC C model logs temperature and relative humidity. Software etc not as flashy as some, but it does the job, data can be downloaded into Excel if desired, and is cheaper than many other models.

  • Trugrade Materials
    Fabrics, leather and accessories

    Supply high grade Engineering Felt, including A, B, Firm White Felt (FWF), Saddle Felt, Podiatry Felt and Removalist Felt. Also sell stockinette meat wraps (!) and cheesecloth. Mobile: 0438 851 001

  • Tubeworks
    Paper and boards

    These cardboard tubes are not acid-free, need to cover with Tyvek etc. Will cut length to size. Different diameters available. Tubes can be pretty dusty/grotty when they arrive so ask specially for clean packaging.

  • Unicorn Glass Studio
    Paints, dyes & colouring material

    HXTAL is a conservation grade adhesive typically used to join glass and ceramics. Used by museums world wide it is the premeir glass and ceramic adhesive in the world today. Unicorn is the official Australian and New Zealand distributor for HXTAL NYL-1

  • Willard Conservation Equipment Engineers
    Equipment, repairs and replacement parts, Tools

    Willard Conservation manufactures and supplies a unique range of equipment, specifically designed for use in the conservation, restoration & preservation of works of art and historic cultural media.

  • Winterbottom Products
    Fabrics, leather and accessories

    Supply library buckram and other coverings for bookbinding etc. They have offices in Sydney and Melbourne – see website for further details.

  • WYSIWYG 3D
    Photography/imaging services

    3D scanning, digitisation and modelling