Securing cultural heritage from generation to another

Controlling people flow with restricted access and audit trail for museums

Museums are places for irreplaceable pieces of art, history and overall cultural heritage. Often even the buildings itself are hundreds of years old and architecturally as well as culturally valuable. In order to preserve the immeasurably valuable works of art not only for current but also for future generations, security is extremely important in museums.

At Abloy, we protect your premises, assets and personnel by overcoming all the main challenges with one comprehensive solution. With remote access control, simplified key management and precise audit trails you save both time and expenses without compromising the high level of security and control. 

ABLOY solutions for reliable museum operations:

  • Comprehensive and future-proof solution designed to fit your individual needs
  • Time and work task based authorized access for more flexible work environment
  • Remote key and access management with complete audit trail
  • One key access
  • Tailored security and access solutions to match the museum architecture
  • Integrated workflow for operational efficiency
  • Durable high-quality and top-class security products made in Finland
  • Easy access and exit in emergency situations

Case example: Museum

A 3D model of a museum

Customer reference story: MUVE

MUVE (Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia) is a network of 11 museums located in Venice, Italy. When MUVE asked a solution to secure and ensure access management for all the museums under their control, the challenge was to adapt the technical solution to the historical buildings and same time keep it usable and guarantee appropriate safety and security to MUVE’s staff, visitors and collections.

Interior of a museum of the MUVE

Efficient time and work task-based access rights with one key principle

Having thousands of daily visitors, control between the flow of customers, restricted areas and flexible access for staff is extremely important. With high-security ABLOY Electric Locks and PROTEC² CLIQ locking and access management system, access rights can be defined based on time, needs and work tasks – with even just one key, that opens all the doors needed at each location and locking point. At the same time, the audit trail on who opened the door and when is stored. 

Two people in the museum

Providing tailored security solutions to match the museum architecture

In addition to the works of art and display collections, often the museum buildings itself can be hundreds of years old and historically, culturally as well as architecturally significant. Museum access and security solutions can require the benefits of modern technology but for example preservation of old doors and other architecture. With our wireless locking and access solutions together with concealed cylinders and various custom solutions, the value and appearance of the historic architecture is preserved without compromising the benefits of modern security technology.

A skeleton of a dinosaur in the museum

Reliable security solution

ABLOY products made in Finland are known for their top-class security and durability, both in mechanical and electronic solutions. Reliable ABLOY products improve security and control not only in everyday life, but also in emergencies and exit situations. With ABLOY solutions, the museum environment can be significantly improved, making it more efficient, flexible and safer for the staff.

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