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    KENNARDS HIRE MUSEUM

    The Kennards Hire Museum located within a working branch at Artarmon, NSW houses hundreds of pieces of lovingly restored and catalogued equipment, most  of which  were hired out through the Kennards Hire branch network.  Some of the pieces have been donated by suppliers such as the Snorkel EWP donated by Genie and the JLG 3246ES Electric Scissor lift restored and donated by JLG. Other pieces, including a Kennards branded fruit knife and an ashtray, originally given out as staff gifts decades ago, have found their way back to the museum and are on display. The oldest piece of equipment on the showroom floor is a Lightburn Concrete Mixer, similar to the one that Walter Kennard first hired out in 1948.

    The museum even has a showroom named after Mark Zimmer, a Kennards Hire legend, who retired after 50 years of working with the business.

    Whilst the museum is not open to the public, industry and company events are often held there, and interested groups can contact Kennards Hire for personalised tours. 

     
    • Kennards Hire Museum showroom entrance
    • An outside shot of the Kennards Hire Museum showroom
    • An inside shot of the Kennards Hire Museum showroom and equipment
    • A black and white photo of old equipment hired out
    • An aerial shot of the Artarmon branch in the 70's
    • An inside shot of the Kennards Hire Museum showroom
    • A collection of Kennards Hire advertisement flyers
    • The original Kennards Hire Artarmon branch service desk
    • A trophy and plark for 'Australia's best boss', from Sydney Division
    • The original Lightburn concrete mixer
    • Image of behind the original Kennards Hire Artarmon branch service desk
    • An old steel 'For Hire' sign
    • Old Kennards Hire vehicle
    • A black and white image of an old letter block sign that says "Rent a sign for all needs. U-Change letters. $ Save & sell $
    • Image of equipment within the museum
    • An inside shot of the Kennards Hire Museum showroom and equipment
    • Old Kennards Hire vehicle
    • An old mechanical till
    • A row of old towable air-compressors
    • Andy Kennards driving an old Kennards Hire delivery truck
    • Close-up of Kanco equipment
    • An old black and white photo of Andy Kennard outside the Artarmon branch

    Treasures from the Museum

    You can view the stories behind some of the lovingly restored equipment in our ‘Treasures from the Museum’ series.