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By Greg Bartlett

A little over a year ago, paintings by Van Gogh and Monet valued around 200 million dollars were stolen from the Zurich museum. In spite of the museum’s security guards and surveillance equipment, these art thieves were able to steal four very valuable pieces of Impressionistic art. After this devastating loss, the Zurich museum security and other museums around the world are concerned that their current level of security is inadequate.

Although the museum was eventually able to track down and return the priceless paintings, they certainly need to beef up their security. Art museums around the world need to take a look at GPS tracking. Protecting an art museum with a GPS tracking system may be a bit pricey and it may not prevent another robbery, but it will no doubt be the best way to locate the stolen goods. Equipping the most valuable pieces of art with tracking devices will insure that they can be located if they are ever stolen. Most art thieves are experienced enough to know which paintings are the most valuable.

While they might not automatically go for the most expensive pieces, if enough of the artwork is monitored with a GPS tracking system, the museum can rest at ease that at least one of the pieces stolen will have a tracking device in place.

A GPS tracking system makes the return of stolen property a cinch for the local authorities. Knowing the exact location of the stolen items will save them time and money. And the quicker the authorities locate stolen artwork, the less likely it will be that the robbers have had a chance to damage the paintings.