Cultural Property Security: Protecting Museums, Historic Sites, Archives, and Libraries

The protection and security of cultural properties is of primary concern to the thousands of institutions entrusted with housing and displaying our national heritage and history of our society. The ever-present threat of traditional crime, theft, and vandalism is accompanied by the increasing threat from terrorism. This volume offers powerful protection guidelines to security departments tasked with safeguarding popular historical sites, museums, and libraries and the historical artifacts they house.