TIght security at Minnesota DSS exhibit

TIGHT SECURITY at the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition at the Minnesota Science Museum:

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- If you go to see the Dead Sea scrolls exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota, you'll notice you actually have to pass through security first. The museum has beefed up security as part of hosting the historical artifacts.

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And keeping the scrolls safe during their stay in Minnesota is a full time job. Some security you'll see, like bag checks, police officers, cameras. But a lot of security you won't see and museum officials can't talk about.

"You have to take every precaution that you can to protect pieces of our history," says Tim Watts who came to the museum to see the scrolls with his family.

While there are no snipers, bomb-sniffing dogs or members of the Israel Antiquities Authority remaining on-site, science museum officials say the scrolls are in good, secure hands for good reason.

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