The Exploratorium, an interactive science museum and laboratory, has chosen its video and access control technologies as part of a unified security solution for its new site on San Francisco’s historic waterfront.
The products from Tyco Security Products, part of Tyco, include American Dynamics’ video management system, which lets security staff view, search and export video from VideoEdge NVRs as well as manage the museum’s network of Illustra IP mini-domes. The video platform also unifies access control operations from the museum’s C•CURE 9000 security and event management system, so that museum security can centrally manage security operations of its new $220m-dollar facility from one user interface.
Jennifer Fragomeni, Director of Facilities and Operations, Exploratorium, says: “Our new, expansive facility required a flexible and scaleable system that would allow us to easily manage our public exhibits and private areas during viewing hours and off hours, as well as bring on additional sub systems and sites in the future.”
Working with its consultant, Security By Design, and systems integrator, Johnson Controls, the Exploratorium’s custom plan includes 75 access control panels and 100 card readers from Software House and about 150 American Dynamics cameras to protect staff, visitors and museum displays.
About the Exploratorium
Spanning San Francisco’s historic Pier 15, the museum’s campus encompasses 330,000-square-feet of indoor and outdoor space, along with a portion of Pier 17, which the Exploratorium also controls for behind-the-scenes work. The Exploratorium opened its new facility in April.
