Commercial Services, Suppliers, etc.

Conservation services are also provide by some Not For Profit organizations, such as regional conservation centers. These are listed on Organizations involved with / Allied to Conservation

Services
Suppliers
Resources at other sites

The following are links to online resources offered by commercial entities. The are listed here as a service to the conservation community. Listing here does not imply endorsement of any products or services offered by these firms, nor does absence of a listing imply any criticism of a product or service. Please reread that sentence. Now read it again. Thanks.

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Services

Analytic services
Conservation/Restoration Services
Bookbinding, Library binding
Data Recovery Services/Data Disaster Prevention
Disaster and Emergency Response Services
Mass Deacidification
Microfilming, Scanning, Imaging, Reformatting
Storage Facilities
Other Services

Analytic services: The Artifact Research Center (The ARC) (analysis and interpretation of archaeological and archived material); Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Inc. (analysis of fung and bacteria, sampling products); Heritage Testing Ltd (Consulting historic buildings, environmental, iand materials scientists); Orion Analytical, LLC (Scientific examination and analysis of materials); RTI Laboratories, Inc. (environmental and metallurgical/materials testing)
Conservation/Restoration Services: See also Bookbinding, Library binding above, as the distinction between binding and book conservation is indistinct; American Conservation Consortium, Ltd. (conservation services); Alinari Archives (photograph archives, appraisal, conservation); Art Restoration Services, Charlottesville, VA; Ancient Artways Studios (conservation and restoration of historic american Indian textiles, porcupine quillwork and beadwork); ArtCare & Consulting, of Sao Paolo, Brazil (Conservation of paintings, wooden artifacts, architectural renderings); ARTEX Fine Art Services (Art conservation, packing, shipping, installation, storage); The Art Shield. Antique Furniture Conservation and Restoration Online Services; Richard C. Baker (Rare books and paper documents); Blagbrough Galleries, Inc. (Fine art conservation); The Book Craftsman (Family bible restoration, bookbinding); Boston Art Conservation (conservation services); Bowthorpe Restorations (Porcelain, China); Nicolas Boyes Stone Conservation; Bradshaw and Whelan (Restoration and conservation of ceramics); Cape Cod Scale Watercraft (conservation and restoration of antique shipmodels); Century Art Glass (Stained glass conservation); Chicago Conservation Center (paintings, paper, objects, murals, frames, gilded artifacts, textiles); CCC - Collections Care & Consult, Jaap v.d. Burg (Museum conservation services); Cultural Preservation & Restoration (conservation of archaeological artifacts, wood, metal, stone, ceramic, glass, ethnographic materials, conservation assessments, surveys, freeze-drying services); Ivan Cveji} (Conservation of gilded wooden objects); Dharohar Art Conservation Center; Craig Deller (Wooden objects conservation); De Saram's Incorporated (wood and stone conservation); Antoinette Dwan (Paper conservation); Eclipse Paper Conservation; Eura Conservation Ltd. (indoor and outdoor metals conservation); Evergreene Painting Studios, Inc. (Paintings conservation); La Fototeca (Conservation and manag ement of photographics archives>; The LV.Greyes Partnership (textile and furnishings conservation); Scott M. haskins (Fine Art Conservator); Hayko (Carpet and tapestry conservation); Janet W. Hessling (surveys, consultation, mural treatment); Historic Plaster Conservation Services; Hudson & Salah (Paintings and paper conservation); Jensen Conservation Services, Inc. (Conservation of three-dimensional art); Robert Kipp, (Conservation and restoration services, paper); Knops Boekrestauratie (Restoration and Conservation of Books and Paper); Uri Kolodny (Restoration of books, scrolls); Lynn Lancaster Gorges (Textile consultant); McKay Lodge, Inc. (Paintings, paper, sculpture, objects); The Centre for Photographic Conservation--Ian and Angela Moor (Photograph conservation); Paul Messier (Photograph conservation; Paper conservation); James Moss Clockmakers, Inc.; Movie Poster Page Encapsulation Service; Mueller Kaiser Plating Co., Inc.; Mike Murray - Mike's Clock Clinic (Repair of Atmos and 400-day or Anniversary clocks); Museum Conservation Services, Ltd. (graphic works on paper); Howard Newman (restoration of metal objects); Graham Newton (Audio restoration); Nordic Creations Inc. (Furniture restoration); Northern States Conservation Center (collection care, preservation and conservation treatment services); Northwest Art Objects Conservation (Restoration, Conservation, Consultation, Collection Mangement); Oriental Rug Repair Co. (Navajo rug repair and cleaning); Alma Ortolan (fine art restoration); Paperworks, Studio for Paper Conservation (fine art conservation services); Parasmoon Company Restoration Department (restoration of historical buildings, cultural works, books, archives,documents); Parker Studios (Pottery restoration); Sarah Peek (Ceramics, Glass, Enamels); Mauro José Pereira (Fans); RandTech Archival Conservation (Book and Paper Preservation); Herbert Read (Conservation of stone, ceramics, plaster paint, wood); Restauro Arte Del Legno (restoration of carved wood); Ruelle's, (furniture restoration, appraisal); Schempp (Book and paper restoration); S/R Laboratories animation art conservation center; Maria José Távora (Book restoration and library conservation); MacDowell Restorations (conservation of antique dolls, ceramics and glass); R-Craft (Bookbinding, Archive conservation) Art Shifrin (audio restoration); Specs Bros (videotape restoration); Stillwater Textile Conservation Studio, LLC; Thompson Conservation Laboratory; Tsöndrü Thangka Conservation; Tudhope Conservation Studio (paper, photographs, parchment); University of Dundee Conservation Unit (conservation of library, archive materials, art on paper, surveys); VIDIPAX, The Magnetic Media Restoration Company; Vintage Ink and Paint (restoration of animation art); Virginia Art Conservation and Restoration (paintings); Nancy Weaver (Fine arts restoration); Andrew Wheeler (Art on paper); West Lake Conservators (Art conservation services); Woodstock Art & Archive Conservation Center (Conservation services); Robert E. Wynne-Jones (Paper conservation); ZFB - Zentrum fur Bucherhaltung (Mass deacidification, papersplitting, leafcasting, etc.)
Bookbinding, Library binding: See also Conservation/Restoration Services above, as the distinction between binding and book conservation is blurry; Acme Bookbinding; Ann and Tom Bellino, The Bookmenders (bible restoration); Bridgeport National Bindery, Inc/; Cardoza-James Binding Company; Buchbinderei M. J. Decker, Bonn; Eden Workshops; Ginesta & Gross (Bookbinding); Denis Gouey (fine bookbinding and restoration); Heckman Bindery, Inc. (Library binding, book conservation); Houchen Bindery, Ltd. (Library binding, bible restoration); Information Conservation, Inc. (ICI); Kreps Bookbinding (Bookbinding, bibles, book restoration); Long's-Roullet Bookbinders, Inc.; Max Marbles (Bookbinding, family bible repair); Ateliers Muriel Maire (Bookbinding, restoration); Buchbinderei Mende; Brian Roberts The Book Doctor; Paul Sawyer (Hand bookbinding and restoration); Traditional Book Arts (Bookbinding, Calligraphy); Josee Van Loon (Fine Bookbinding, Conservation of Books and Archives Paper, leather and parchment); Wallaceburg Bookbinding
Data Recovery Services/Data Disaster Prevention: DriveSavers (data recovery); Excalibur Data Recovery; Intra Computer, Inc. (Automated environmental monitoring and disaster prevention for computer amd server rooms); Tri-Logic Systems
Disaster and Emergency Response Services: The Artifact Research Center - The ARC (freeze-drying); Blackmon Mooring Steamatic Catastrophe, Inc., BMS CAT (Desiccant dehumidification); Document Reprocessors (Disaster recovery services for water and fire damaged materials); Document Restorations, Inc. (Freeze Drying); Freezedry Specialties, Inc.; Midwest Freeze-Dry Ltd. (Low pressure, Dielectric freeze drying); Munters (Desiccant dehumidifiers, humidity control, water damage recovery); Priority One Mitigation (Quality Management System for property loss-mitigation); Ree-Construction (Structural and contents restoration); See also ProText under Suppliers, below
Mass Deacidification: Battelle Ingenieurtechnik GmbH; Libertec Bibliothekendienst GmbH; Neschen AG; Nitrochemie Wimmis AG (Battelle process); Preservation Technologies, L.P. (Bookkeeper); Wei T'o Associates, Inc.; ZFB (Zentrum für Buch-Erhaltung GmbH (Battelle process)
Microfilming, Scanning, Imaging, Reformatting: AEL Data Management Services (Data conversion services); Ataraxia Studio (carbon printing, pigment printing); Challenge Industries, Inc (Preservation microfilming); Del Mar Data (Data conversion services); Hudson Microimaging (Preservation microfilming, digitization, microfilm digitization); Just Black & White (Custom photographic processing lab, copying and enhancing; JJT Inc. faded salt and albumen prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes etc.); Luna Imaging, Inc.; Muller Media Conversions, Inc. (Conversion Services, Systems, Consulting, Systems Migration, Litigation/Electronic Evidence/FOIA, Electronic Records Preservation, Document Managent, Migration, Custom Software Development); Northern Micrographics, Inc. (Microfilming, imaging, document conversion, etc); Octavo; Pivotmedia (imaging, digital archiving, digital restoration); Preservation Resources (preservation microfilming and scanning); Norman Ross Publishing, Inc. (microfilming, microfilming equipment); Systems Integration Group, Inc. (SIG) (scanning, text conversion, SGML encoding); VTLS Inc. (imaging services, indexing, web access interfaces and digitization); Wyoming Cooperative Scanning Project; See also Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc., below
Storage Facilities: Naglee Fine Arts (Storage, shipping); Hollywood Vaults (storage of film, tape, photographic and digital media)
Other Services: Roberto Cavallini (Consultant engineer, display cases, environmental control, lighting, security); Video-Aire Environmental Services (mold remediation, training, hazardous material abatement); Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. (research, consulting, on fading etc, on photographic and digital images); John Leeke (historic preservation consultant, disaster information); Transport Consultants International, Inc. (TCI) (art shipping)

Suppliers

General Scientific and analytic supplies: Advance Scientific & Chemicals, Inc.; Beckman Instruments; Fisher Scientific; grip - engineering (grips and fixtures for tensile testing); Science Alliance; Sigma-Aldrich Co
Sigma Browsable On-line Catalog; Thomas Scientific
Books on conservation topics: Archetype Publications (Publishers and booksellers in conservation, archaeology, museum studies); Atelier Bootleg (reprints of books on art technique, etc.); Northern Lights Gallery, ApS (photographic books, conservation supplies); Oak Knoll Books; Siegl's Bookstore; Ken Spelman Rare and Antiquarian Books
Leather, Goldbeater's Skin, Collagen, Skin and Membrane products: Antique Leathers (for table lining and upholstery); Harmatan's Leathers; J. Hewit & Sons Ltd. (tanners and leather dressers, also bookbinding tools, equipment); Inden Witten Hasewint/Henk de Groot (Parchment, Goldbeaters skin)

A&C 2000 (informatics, heritage conservation)
ACR Systems
Ahlborn Mess- und Regelungstechnik (dataloggers)
Albox Photo Safe Products (photo albums, polypropylene photographic housing products)
American Graphic Arts, Inc. (Bookbinding and printing equipment)
Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc. (ASD)
Archival Products
ARCHMAT, (tools for Archaeology, Geology, Paleontology, and Law Enforcement
Arkistovedos Oy (Lux Eterna archival containers, toners, supplies for historical photographic processes)
Bags Unlimited (Storage materials)
Ball and Ball (Antique hardware reproductions and restoration)
Barcham Green (Aquapel sized paper, wet strength papers, fibers, papermaking equipment).
Benchmark (mountmaking supplies, exhibition and installation supplies)
BioRenewal Technologies, Inc. (Environmental remediation and toxicity screening, Sensors and Dataloggers)
Achmad Bisyri (Palm leaves)
Dick Blick Company (Art materials)
BookMakers (Bookbinding and conservation materials, tools, equipment)
The Box Studio OnLine (boxes)
Calgon (specialty chemicals and related services for water treatment, papermaking, etc).
Campbell Scientifica, (sensors and dataloggers)
C and H Supply Company (antique restoration supplies and hardware)
Rick Cavasin Handmade Parchment and Vellum
Cathedral Stone Products, Inc. (architectural biocides)
ClearFlite Air Purifiers
Bill Cole Enterprises, Inc. (Archive storage supplies, polyester sleeves)
CMB Informationslogistik GmbH, (database software for museums)
CLIM - Climatic Laboratory Industrial Measurements (dataloggers, hygrothermographs)
CMI (MicroClimates custom-made boxes)
Conservation Resources International (Conservation supplies)
Conservator's Emporium
ConsServ Epoxy
Conservation By Design Limited (storage materials, conservation equipment, paper and board)
Coroplast
Cortec Corporation (corrosion protection products, coatings)
Crescent Preservation Products (museum board)
Crowley Micrographics (digital imaging and microfilming equipment, Zeutschel Microfilm Cameras and Scanners)
W.G.G. Cuddon Ltd, Manufacturing and General Engineers (freeze drying and vacuum drying equipment)
DataGet (Dataloggers)
Dawg, The Spill Control People (absorbents)
DCI Industries (EZ Air environmentally friendly brush cleaners)
DW Group Ltd (storage materials for photographic materials)
Dieu Donné Papermill
Document Preservation Center (preservation supplies)
Documenting My Collection (software)
DocuSafe (acid-free storage materials, information management services)
Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc. (Ethafoam figures for textile conservation)
ECD, (dataloggers)
Editech (scientific examination of art objects, Florence, Italy)
Eikona for Arts (Paintings database software)
Emergency Supplies for Collections (ESC) (Emergency response kits for corporate and private collections, museums, archives and libraries)
Engineered Materials, Inc. Static Intercept products, plastics for protection from static and atmospheric degradation)
EXPLUS (Exhibit design, display cases)
Nicholas Faulkner Associates (time capsules)
Fauser (Windows for historic restoration)
Fujifilm
Future Packaging & Preservation (time capsules)
Gainsborough Products (art restoration supplies)
Gamblin Conservation Colors
Gaylord Bros.
Geib Refining Corporation (precious metal reclamation)
General Book Covers (polyester book jacket covers)
Glasgow Steel Nail Co. Ltd (Square cut nails)
Golden Artist Colors Inc. (Acrylic paints and materials for restoration)
Green Drop Ink Company (water-based printing inks)
Griffen Mill (Handmade paper for bookbinders and conservators)
Hanwell Instruments Ltd (dataloggers, light meters, Scandles, environmental monitoring and control equipment)
Helmut Guenschel, Inc. (Display cases)
HDS Services & Equipment UK (Keeper ultrasonic welder)
Heat Pipe Technology, Inc. (HPT), formerly the Dinh Company, Inc. (heat pipe air conditioning and dehumidification products)
HT Italia (Polythylene foam)
IAT (Ageless)
International Light (Light measurement equipment)
Keepsafe Systems, Inc., (anoxic supplies)
Kremer Pigmente (Pigments, adhesives, art supplies)
Leitenberger Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH (environmental monitoring equipment)
Merv Knutson (Training videos on upholstery repair)
Kodak
Kramer's Best Antique Improver
Lab Safety Supply
Lambda, Inc. (Lasers for restoration)
Langan Products, Inc. (dataloggers)
Light Impressions (Photograph storage materials)
Littlemore Scientific Engineering--ELSEC, (UV monitors, dating equipment, metal detectors, museum security devices)
Lynton Lasers (Lasers for cleaning stone, etc.)
The Malcolm Company (Leister Tools)
MicroDAQ (dataloggers)
LLumar Window Film (UF filters)
MASTERPAK (materials for packing, shipping, storing, and displaying art objects)
Master Projects (manufacturing, restoration and reproduction of and reproduction of buildings, interiors and decorative elements)
Materials Preservation (materials-preservation technology access and consulting services to the arts, architecture, industry, transporation, etc,)
Meaco (humidity monitoring and control equipment for museums)
Minolta (Publication Scanner)
ModelShops.com (adhesives, safety products)
Memento Mori Editions (platinotypes)
Metal Edge, Inc. (preservation and conservation supplies, equipment, containers)
Monika Publishing, Inc., resources on antiques, art & restoration
Monochrom (containers, photographic storage materials)
Munsell Color
Museum Services Corporation (Conservation products)
Music Trader (musical instrument repair, instrument making, music industry)
New Pig Corporation (Contained absorbents, spill management products)
Omega, (dataloggers, pH meters, etc)
Omega Intercept Limited (Static Intercept reactive polymer products, metal protectants, CD protectants)
Onset Computer Corp, (dataloggers)
Pinnacle Technology, Inc. (dataloggers)
Pollution Measurement Corporation (PMC) (Bags made of plastic laminates, gas sample bags, Locking Valves and fittings for sample bags and other inflatables)
Plume (lighting for digital imaging, photography, video, Scandles daylight fluorescents)
Priority One Mitigation (P1M) (Loss mitigation)
Preservation Equipment Ltd (PEL) (Conservation materials)
Preservation Resource Group, Inc. (Preservation Instruments, Products, Tools, and Books)
Preservation Solutions (Cellugel leather consolidant)
ProText (Disaster supplies for libraries, archives, museums, ReactPack, Rescube, dehumidifiers, water diverters, disaster manuals)
Real Wrought Iron Company (puddled and charcoal wrought iron)
Renovator's Resource (tools and publications)
RH Conservation Engineering (Suction tables, heated spatulas, conservation equipment)
Rohm & Haas
Ruscombe Paper Mill (Handmade paper)
Schmedt Hamburg (bookbinding printing, and paper converting equipment)
Secol Limited (Polyester)
Shades International, SRL (preservation storage materials, paper)
Sinopia Pigmanets and Materials
Solar Light Company, (light and radiation measuring instrumentation)
Solomat-Neotronics, (dataloggers)
Southwall Technologies (UV filters)
Spenco Mfg. (Packaging, sewing, assembly)
Spongeco (Dry cleaning sponges)
STANMECH Technologies Inc. (Hot air tools)
Stonehealth (Building conservaton and restoration supplies)
SUN-X International Solar Control Films (UV filters)
TALAS
TBI srl (magnifying lamps)
Terra Universal (Lab equipment, shelving, clean-room equipment)
Testfabrics, Inc. (Textiles,
Therma-Stor Products (dehumidifiers, air purification equipment)
The Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Thylacine (Exhibition design, conservation services, fabrication)
Tiff-Tools (imaging software)
Torpy Energy, (dataloggers)
Triadigm Technology (digital media consulting)
Twinrocker Handmade Paper On-Line
University Products
UMI
Vallen Safety Supply Company
Velcro Fastening Systems
Veriteq (Dataloggers)
Viking Metal Cabinet Co, Inc. (Museum storage cases)
The Wall Intruder (wall drying system)
Christoph Waller Long Life for Art (Conservation materials)
Wei T'o Associates, Inc. (deacidification products, spraying equipment, mass deacidification equipment, dryer-exterminator freezers)
Whatman, Inc.
Willard Fine Art Conservation Equipment
Willoughby Associates, Limited (Museum automation)
Woodworker's Hardware (expansion bolts, adhesives)
Zephyrtronics, Inc. (Hot air pencils, air filtration)
Zetta Florence (archival presentation and long term storage products)

Resources at other sites

AntiqueRestorers.com

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museumsword

A virtual Trade Fair covering a wide variety of areas of interest to museum professionals.

ISA Directory of Instrumentation OnLine

Measurement and Control Products and Services