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Article: When a Door Closes.(security at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum)
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- Security Management
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 American Society for Industrial Security. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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When the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum prepared to close its old facility, a week of special events put security's skills on display.
WE LEAVE BEHIND A BIT OF OURSELVES/ Wherever we have been," wrote the poet Edmond Haraucourt. When a museum closes, it's security's job to see that only good memories remain. Such was the challenge that faced the security team at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The museum was set to close its doors for five years on December 31, 2000, after being open to the public for more than a century. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that rocked San Francisco had seriously damaged the 80-year-old ...