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Vicon’s Kollector digital recording station together with a 1344 Nova matrix
and Surveyor dome cameras will shortly be installed at the newly refurbished Brighton Museum. After development work in excess of £10 million, Brighton Museum is set to re-open in Spring 2002.
The project lies within the Royal Pavilion Estate and is next to the Regency Corn Exchange. It is part of a larger urban regeneration scheme which includes a new library and cultural centre in the North Laines.
Storing video on a 60 Gb hard drive, the Kollector provides continuous recording times well above its nearest competitor. Additional drives can be fitted for extended recording. The Kollector can record from 16 cameras simultaneously and video is viewed through a PC monitor. Video scenes can be exported easily from the system to a network drive or in standard JPEG format to removable media. The unit not only removes the need for tape back up but also acts as a powerful multiplexer.
Brighton Museum is widely recognised for its Art Nouveau collection but it also strong on eighteenth and nineteenth-century painting. Exhibits include works by Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema and Hogarth. Most remarkable is a painting by George Stubbs which contains no horses. A Hindu shrine in the World Art Gallery which has been created by the local Gujarati community will generate particular interest.
The main contractor for the construction work is the London branch of the Swedish company Skanska. The CCTV equipment is being installed by the Brighton office of ADT Fire & Security.
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