About the MSN
Founded 12/1996 by Ton Cremers
The MSN’s original aim was to serve as a source of information for cultural property protection professionals. Gradually, the Museum Security Network mailing list has become the main channel for the distribution of news and information pertaining to cultural property protection, preservation, conservation, and security. On a daily basis, information is posted on www.museum-security.org as well as on the MSN Google Group. Key areas discussed include cultural property housed in museums, libraries, archives, monuments, and churches as well as other current topics such as art theft, forgery, fires, provenance matters, illicit acquisitions, the illicit trade, UNESCO 1970, and UNIDROIT 1995. Subscribers include museum professionals, law enforcement officers, lawyers, academics, insurance underwriters, journalists, auction houses, among many others. The MSN is fully independent and refrains from any financial or non-financial associations with commercial organizations active in the above fields. South American editor: vacant; African editor; vacant; North American contributing editor Jonathan Sazonoff; Asian editor: Xiao Cai; European editor and Moderator of the MSN Google group: Ton Cremers (toncremers@museum-security.org)
The Museum Security Network has been on-line since December 1996. It was founded by Ton Cremers, former head of security at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, recipient of the 2001 Robert B. Burke Award for excellence in cultural property protection at Smithsonian National Conference, and currently independent museum, library, and archive security consultant. Cremers can be reached at:
Museum Security Consultancy (MuSeCo) / Ton Cremers
+31624224620
toncremers@museum-security.org
