ABSTRACT
Every cultural property institution requires a good protection program. Security and protection add physical order and stability to the operation of an organization. They preserve valuables in a basic physical manner. The public requires its cultural heritage to be well protected. The physical protection of cultural property is one of the primary public purposes of every cultural property institution. Cultural property requires consistent, good quality physical protection and conservation. Protection managers apply concepts of protection and security services to protect the unique collecting, researching, and exhibiting activities of their particular institution. It is more economic to provide an effective protection program for an institution and its collection than to attempt to recover collections lost from theft, fire, or natural disasters.
