Museums

Protecting priceless artifacts is essential for museums. These institutions face unique challenges that demand comprehensive security systems tailored to safeguard collections effectively. We offer customizable solutions designed to meet the strict security needs safeguarding the environment that preserves cultural treasures.

Challenges

Ensuring constant monitoring 24/7

Maintain uninterrupted surveillance to safeguard exhibits and respond promptly to any security threats

Detecting theft aimed at valuable and irreplaceable artifacts

Ensure quick identification of unauthorized removal to protect priceless collections

Protecting art from vandalism

Ensure that valuable exhibits are safeguarded against intentional damage while maintaining an inviting environment for visitors

Security solutions for museums

Ensure valuable areas are secure

Real-time monitoring and automated alarms

Utilize monitor delay and monitor response features of the intrusion alarm system to trigger a local alert or generate a report in the event that a door to a restricted area or a display case containing valuable artifacts remains open for an extended period, even when the security system is disarmed. This proactive approach helps to ensure the safety and security of the museum's valuable exhibits and assets.

Efficiently managing access

With our access control software you can have precise control over who can enter various areas based on their role. It allows you to create distinct access levels for staff, allowing for instance curators to have full access to the exhibition spaces and storage areas, while restricting administrative personnel to office spaces.

Enhance physical security checks

The Guard Tour feature in our access control software allows you to set a specific route through the building, with designated checkpoints at artifacts where security guards must present a special guard card to confirm they’ve visited each location. The system tracks the guard’s route, calculating walking times between checkpoints, and can trigger alarms or real-time video if there are delays or deviations providing extra protection for both the museum and the security team.

Display case protection

Protect high-value objects in storage

Effectively monitoring long galleries

Optimal protection for flexible interiors

Safety solutions for museums

Ensure your visitors and staff remain safe

The Threat Level Management feature of our access control software allows you to configure up to 15 different threat levels, enabling quick adjustments to safety measures during critical events such as fires or security breaches. Whether it’s automatically locking, unlocking, or controlling access to specific areas of the museum. The system ensures that only first responders with the highest authorization can enter restricted zones when needed, safeguarding both visitors and collections.

Protect your personnel in case of emergency

Clear communication for smarter operations

Inaudible announcements during an emergency can create panic. When a critical event occurs, museum personnel can help facilitate an accurate response by using our public address system to play clear pre-recorded messages to ensure evacuation or shelter-in-place instructions are easily understood. Facility managers and receptionists can seamlessly broadcast important updates and clear instructions - all through one powerful public address system. Instantly reach specific areas or floors with targeted messaging.

Bosch products for museums

Security cameras

Education environments throughout the world have chosen to install school security cameras and complete video system solutions from Bosch to deliver the right levels of performance for their environments. Our latest generation of AI-enabled video security cameras, including fixed dome, pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ), and bullet cameras, deliver actionable insights to improve security and streamline operations. These smart security cameras integrate seamlessly with products from across the portfolio to help make personnel more effective and efficient.

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Access control systems

The Access Management System is easy to use, operate, and expand. The ability to create access profiles with a certain scope of privileges makes the assignment of authorizations for teachers, staff, and administrators simple. Users can program up to 15 configurable threat levels to initiate safety measures or restrictions quickly in critical situations, such as a fire or active threat.

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Intrusion alarm systems

With detectors that make the correct decision every time and highly capable systems with the flexibility to meet different requirements, Bosch intrusion alarm systems help to secure property, assets, and most importantly, people. Our complete solutions include a full line of easy-to-use control panels, keypads, communication devices, and more to provide the right solution for applications that range from small elementary schools to large campus buildings.

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Communication systems

With more than 90 years of experience in designing and developing communication products, Bosch has established unrivalled leadership in the field of public address systems. Our systems provide high quality audio for messaging to every area in a school building, controlled via an intuitive graphical user interface on a call station touchscreen or with personalized software on a tablet or PC.

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Customer stories

Exhibition hall of Terracotta Warriors Museum in China

Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum Museum, China

Operators of museums, galleries, and historic sites need to provide visitors with a rich experience of history, unobstructed by barriers and obvious limitations. But they also need to ensure the safety and integrity of the rich cultural treasures on display. For rapid detection of security breaches, the UNESCO World Heritage Sites the Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum museum required a new intrusion system for the 16,300-square-meter museum area.

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain

The art Museum receives around 1 million visitors p.a. It has faced the challenge of migrating its CCTV analogue into a full IP system, including Control Center, management systems and cameras. Bosch has been addressed as preferred partner thanks to a complete solution of Video IP server, control software with Bosch video Management System, remote capabilities from tablets, and a range of specialized cameras for every purpose inside the Museum.

Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Poland

Covering 12,800 square meters, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews is one of the biggest Jewish museums in the world. Due to its international importance it had to meet very strict security requirements from police and secret service. Bosch provided an integrated security solution for easy and fast alarm verification and management.

Hatay archaeology museum, Turkey

The Hatay is home to some of the world’s most ancient treasures – and its most modern security. Bosch helps the museum restrict access, monitor intrusion, detect fires early and go into lockdown when systems are breached. Curtain detectors can even spot decidedly low-tech thieves.

The image shows the Xi'an National Edition Museum in the Sanqin region of Shaanxi, China

The Xi'an National Edition Museum, China

The China National Library project is a monumental initiative focused on cultural security and the rejuvenation of Chinese heritage. Central to the project is the Xi'an National Edition Museum in Sanqin, with architecture inspired by the Han and Tang dynasties. Spanning a surface of 82,500 square meters, the museum required a complete security and communication solution to protect its extensive collection. The system needed to be efficient to manage and should facilitate collaboration among the museum staff.

Grand Canal Museum, China

Located in China’s Zhejiang Province, the Grand Canal Museum covers millennials of history and development of the Grand Canal. The earliest human-made canal in China, it remains crucial to the local economy, ecology and culture.
To keep the striking glass structure and valuable contents safe, the museum needed to overhaul its alarm system. Though the building is not particularly large, it needed wide range of different types of detectors at around 600 indoor and outdoor alarm points. The museum owner was looking for a partner with a solid track record in museum installations to tackle the challenge.