01 - What We Do

Eight capabilities. One TSA.

Drapes & Accessories→ Soft goods, FR treatment, hire fleet. Sets, Scenery & Props→ Scenic builds, props, set hardware. Lifting & Rigging→ Chain, pile & drum hoists, controllers, consumables. Production Engineering→ Production management, design, custom kit. Venue Engineering & Installation→ Fit-outs, integration, upgrades. Dance & Studio Equipment→ Sprung floors, barres, mirrors, vinyl. Compliance & Service→ Inspections, certificates, callouts. Hire & Touring→ Calendar-driven kit. National coverage.
Products
Services
Drapes & Accessories Soft goods, supplied and supported. Drapes, tracks, FR treatment and hire fleet from our in-house workshop. Theatre-grade soft goods, engineered, FR-treated and serviced under TSA.
Services
Sets, Scenery & Props Built in-house. Toured nationally. Set construction, prop fabrication, museum and gallery fit-out and exhibition builds from our dedicated workshop. Concept to strike, with the engineering paperwork to back it.
Products
Services
Lifting & Rigging Rated gear. Stocked and serviced here. EXE Rise and Ace chain hoists, TSA pile and Hercules drum hoists, Atlas controllers, full consumables range. Design, supply, install, service, recertify.
Services
Production Engineering When off-the-shelf stops working. Production management, technical design and drafting, custom fabrication and cue-driven motion control. The technical side of your show - managed, designed, built and run.
Services
Venue Engineering & Installation Fit-out to commission, one team. Venue fit-outs, system installation, integration and safety upgrades. From new-build PACs to retrofit refurbishments. Engineered, documented, signed off.
Products
Dance & Studio Equipment Made for the joints that depend on it. Sprung floors, Tarkett performance vinyl, ballet barres, studio mirrors, tap and sports flooring. Measured, manufactured and installed to the room.
Inspections & programmes
Specialist inspections
Compliance & Service The paperwork your insurer asks for. Service & Inspection Programme, Venue Systems Health Check, electrical testing, emergency callouts. Defensible documentation, on schedule.
Services
Hire & Touring Calendar-driven kit. National coverage. Drape hire, hoist hire, touring packages. The same kit you'd buy, available on a calendar. Picked, prepped, shipped, collected.
02 - Industries

Eleven industries. One TSA.

Theatres & Performing Arts Centres Lyric houses, regional PACs, repertory venues. Long-cycle compliance, dark-week installs. Schools & Education Term-break windows, school-budget cycles, training programmes. Worship Venues Acoustic-sensitive spaces, AV-led production, multi-purpose halls. Stadiums, Convention Centres & Live Events Arena rigging, convention fit-outs, large-format event delivery. AV & Production Hire Companies Trade supply, cross-hire inventory, servicing and specialist support. Touring Productions Tour-ready packages, on-the-road servicing, certified gear. Film, TV & Studios Studio rigging, broadcast support, motion-controlled scenic. Museums & Galleries Permanent galleries, touring exhibitions, heritage recreations, display fabrication. Dance Studios & Companies Sprung floors, ballet barres and studio mirrors, made to the room. Corporate & Conference Venues Conference stages, auditorium AV, corporate event rigging and staging. Government & Civic Venues Council-owned PACs, civic centres, town halls and public venues.
Proof of work Recent Projects Lyric theatres, arenas, museums, schools and studios. The jobs behind the capability, and what we specified, built and signed off on each one.
Mannequins in couture gowns beneath arched white walls in an NGV exhibition fitted out by TSA

Museum & Gallery Fit-out - TSA's in-house exhibition fit-out service. Fine joinery, cabinetry, plinths, showcases, sculpture and heritage recreation, fabricated in the workshop in timber, ply, acrylic, silicon and metal, then installed on site to the exhibition designer's intent. Built to the designer's intent, made to last.

Service · Sets, Scenery & Props

Built to the designer's intent. Made to last.

TSA's in-house museum and gallery fit-out - fine joinery, cabinetry, plinths, showcases, sculpture and heritage recreation in timber, ply, acrylic, silicon and metal. Fabricated in the workshop, installed on site, to the exhibition designer's intent. For permanent and touring exhibitions.

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Fit-out and fabrication built for institutions around Australia
HOTA Home of the Arts Canberra Theatre Centre Brisbane Powerhouse Ipswich Civic Centre Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Brisbane Showgrounds Cairns Convention Centre Melbourne Olympic Park Arts Queensland WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries National Gallery of Victoria Griffith University Queensland University of Technology University of Melbourne University of Adelaide Logan City Council Mackay Regional Council Wollongong City Council Mueller College Anglican Church Grammar School
What we build

Many trades.
One workshop.

A creative workshop, not a commodity fabricator: carpenters, cabinetmakers, machinists, welders, sculptors and finishers coordinate the build and the finish under one roof.

A wide gallery display with a dirt bike, saddle relics, glass cases and custom joinery
Custom joinery and showcases

Fine joinery & cabinetry

  • Cabinetry and casework
  • Architectural detail
  • Timber and ply

Cabinetry, casework and architectural detail in timber and ply - made to the room, to the standard a curated space is read at.

A black film hero vehicle sits on a plinth beside a painted vintage car in the exhibition gallery
Plinth and gallery fit-out, ACMI

Showcases & plinths

  • Plinth work
  • Acrylic and silicon
  • Conservation-grade

Plinth work and showcases, with specialty construction in acrylic and silicon - conservation-grade and built to present the object, not compete with it.

A wrecked armoured vehicle on a sculpted desert base behind a glass edge
Sculpted desert base and vehicle

Sculpture & finishes

  • Sculpture
  • Metal and timber
  • Specialist paint finishes

Sculpture, metal and timber fabrication and specialist paint finishes on timber, metal and acrylic - built to read close up under gallery lighting.

The Changes gallery timber wall at WA Museum Boola Bardip
Timber wall, WA Museum Boola Bardip

Heritage recreation

  • Hard-plastered walls
  • Worn floorboards
  • Rusting iron and bluestone

Period interiors recreated to texture and surface - hard-plastered walls, worn floorboards, rusting iron and bluestone - not a clean reproduction.

Same workshop and trades as Sets, Scenery & Props. Not sure where your brief sits? and we will scope it with you.

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Materials worked in-house
Heritage
Period interiors recreated
On site
Workshop-built, fitted on site
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Built for institutions, Australia wide
Mannequins in feathered and embroidered garments on a metal-edged plinth with framed drawings
National Gallery of Victoria Alexander McQueen exhibition, mannequins on a metal-edged plinth
What Museum & Gallery Fit-out is

A fit-out,
built to last.

We fabricate museum and gallery fit-outs in-house: fine joinery, cabinetry, plinth work, showcases, sculpture and conservation-grade finishes, under one roof. We build them, then install on site to the exhibition designer's intent.

  1. Step 01

    Designer's intent

    The exhibition designer's drawings set the brief.

  2. Step 02

    Drafting and engineering

    Coordinated in-house, with documentation at each step to fabrication readiness.

  3. Step 03

    Fabricate

    Carpenters, machinists, welders, sculptors and finishers build the showcases, plinths and joinery in one workshop.

  4. Step 04

    Install on site

    The same team installs in the room, to the designer's intent.

Heritage recreation is a signature: for Little Lon at Melbourne Museum, two 1860s houses were recreated down to hard-plastered walls, creaking floorboards and bluestone paving, delivered under Show Works, now a TSA-owned brand. Part of Sets, Scenery & Props.

Showcases & plinths Acrylic & silicon specialty work Conservation-grade finishes Workshop-built, installed on site Heritage recreation
What Museum & Gallery Fit-out does for your exhibition

Four jobs, one fit-out.

Recreate a heritage interior

Period rooms recreated to texture and surface - hard-plastered walls, worn floorboards, rusting iron and bluestone, as built for Little Lon at Melbourne Museum.

Present and protect the object

Plinths and showcases built in timber, ply, acrylic and silicon - conservation-grade, made to present the object rather than compete with it.

Tour an exhibition

Touring exhibitions engineered for repeatability, transport efficiency and rapid deployment, venue after venue - then re-installed clean each time.

Read up close

Precision finishes for visitors standing right at the case - built by a creative workshop, not a commodity shop.

What you get

A fit-out built to
the designer's intent.

A coordinated build, not a stack of parts: joinery, cabinetry, plinths, cases and finishes made in-house and installed to the designer's intent.

Custom fabrication, in-houseBuilt in timber, ply, acrylic, silicon and metal with paint finishes - a workshop that can weld, turn and machine, not a single-material joinery shop.Materials
Fine joinery & cabinetryCabinetry, casework and architectural detail in timber and ply, made to the room.Joinery
Plinths & showcasesPlinth work and showcases, with specialty construction in acrylic and silicon - conservation-grade.Display
Sculpture & heritage recreationSculpture, metal and timber fabrication and period-interior recreation, down to texture and surface.Heritage
Conservation-grade finishesSpecialist paint and surface finishes built to read close up under gallery lighting and to last.Finish
In-house drafting & engineering coordinationA structured path from concept through to fabrication readiness, with documentation at each step.Engineered
Fabricated in workshop, installed on siteElements leave the workshop ready to fit out, then installed in the room by the same team.Install
Sustained-use detailing & serviceabilityServiceable access and finish longevity engineered for a permanent gallery under daily public footfall.Permanent

Built for a gallery that opens every day.

Permanent fit-outs are designed to the realities of sustained public use: daily footfall, serviceable access and finishes that hold up. Conservation-grade, built to last past opening week.

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Same workshop and trades as Sets, Scenery & Props. Motorised movement or show control only on the rare exhibit that needs it. One team either way.

Reflections gallery interior with a sweeping white overhead curve, showcases and digital label rails
In the venue

We build them, then install on site to the exhibition designer's intent.

WA Museum Boola Bardip Reflections gallery, showcases and digital label rails
The Origins gallery wall at WA Museum Boola Bardip
Origins wall gallery
The Changes gallery timber wall at WA Museum Boola Bardip
Changes wall timber
In the wings

WA Museum Boola Bardip.
Four galleries, installed on site.

Gallery walls, plinths and display joinery in six materials across four galleries in Perth.

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Built for institutions

Fit-outs that
hold the room.

From permanent gallery renewals to heritage recreation and touring exhibitions, the workshop builds to the designer's intent for some of Australia's leading cultural institutions.

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In the venue
Long red plinth with five gowns in front of scalloped red arch walls
National Museum of Australia Hallyu exhibition, gowns on a red plinth
Charles Darwin's pet tortoise on a plinth inside a blue-lit glass case in the exhibition at Melbourne Museum
Melbourne Museum Treasures of the Natural World, tortoise case
Angular timber and orange upholstered seating nook against a blue wall in the Changes gallery
WA Museum Boola Bardip Changes gallery seating nook
Gowns on mannequins across a staircase landing in the NGV Dior exhibition
National Gallery of Victoria Dior exhibition, staircase landing

Australia wide

Built for institutions. Installed nationally.

Workshop-built, then fitted out in the room.

FAQ

Questions
about the fit-out.

If your question isn't here, call us or send your exhibition brief - we will come back with the right answer for your institution.

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Fine joinery, cabinetry, plinth work, showcases, sculpture and metal and timber fabrication, plus specialty construction in acrylic and silicon and conservation-grade finishes. The same workshop, trades and materials that build for the stage, pointed at permanent displays and touring exhibitions.
Both. We fabricate in the workshop and install on site, building to the exhibition designer's intent. Elements are made for the room they go into, then fitted out in place by the same team.
Yes - heritage recreation is a signature. For the Little Lon project at Melbourne Museum two 1860s houses were recreated with hard-plastered walls, creaking floorboards, rusting corrugated iron and bluestone paving - a build delivered under Show Works, now a TSA-owned brand. We build period texture and surface, not just a clean reproduction.
Timber, plywood, paint finish, acrylic, silicon and metal, with CNC design and fabrication for precision components - a workshop that can weld, turn and machine in-house, not a single-material joinery shop.
Yes. We build permanent gallery fit-outs designed to the realities of sustained public use, and touring exhibitions engineered for repeatability, transport efficiency and rapid deployment from venue to venue, with conservation-grade finishes either way.
Concept to crowd

Build it.
Make it last.

Tell us about your exhibition - the design intent, the materials and finishes it calls for, the institution and your install dates. A TSA project lead will scope the fit-out with you and the workshop will fabricate and install it, Australia wide.

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  • We talk. The exhibition, the institution and your install dates.
  • We scope. A TSA project lead scopes the fit-out with you.
  • We build. Fabricated in the workshop, installed in the room.
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