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Port Discovery Children’s Museum

“With our old security system, it took five minutes to find a lost child. With Avigilon Alta, we’ve cut that to 90 seconds, a reduction of 70%.”

Kelli Coffman, Senior Vice President of Museum Operations

Creating memories and building partnerships

With Avigilon Alta, Port Discovery Children’s Museum can utilize cloud-native video security and access control to safeguard visitors, including children, and combat external security threats.

High-quality footage

Avigilon’s cloud-connected cameras provide high-resolution footage that captures key details to improve security operations.

Secure facility

Avigilon Alta access control helps Port Discovery Children’s Museum to keep children safe and stop intruders from entering.

Efficient investigations

Avigilon Alta VMS enables the museum to quickly locate lost children using AI video analytics and support investigations.

Smart AI analytics

The AI-enabled Avigilon cameras can detect loitering, allowing the security team to remove threats and safeguard people.

A safer space for all

Find out how Port Discovery Children’s Museum used Avigilon Alta’s cloud-native video security and access control solutions to help safeguard visitors and staff while combatting external threats.

Challenge: Visitor and staff safety

At Port Discovery, it’s easy to get distracted by the exhibits, play areas and noise, so it’s no surprise that the organization faced a challenge keeping visitors and staff safe. It was even more difficult with inadequate video and access control systems.

The video system was not user-friendly and didn’t provide enough coverage. This made locating missing children challenging. Additionally, only one of the three doors had functioning access control measures, making it harder to secure the site.

Solution: Cloud-native physical security

With a comprehensive security technology suite from Avigilon Alta, the museum has improved onsite security and safety

  • A safe environment

    With Alta access control and Standard Smart Readers, Port Discovery can better secure the museum from unwanted visitors and help protect children.

  • AI-powered video security

    Avigilon’s security cameras and Alta VMS enable the museum to observe activities and quickly locate lost children using the Smart Search feature.

  • A stronger partnership

    Law enforcement has praised Port Discovery’s Avigilon security solution as they can now collect high-quality footage to support their investigations.

Result: A safer museum

With a comprehensive security technology suite from Avigilon Alta, the museum has improved security and safety by restricting access to unauthorized individuals and capturing high-quality footage for investigatory purposes.

The security operations have been such a success that, after meeting with security leaders and sharing the positive experiences of using Avigilon technology, local officials are exploring the possibility of building a security hub in Baltimore with Avigilon at the center.

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