Museums and cultural institutions
Your prohibited-items list names things a metal detector can’t find.
HEXWAVE detects metallic and non-metallic weapons concealed on visitors, including 3D-printed guns and ceramic knives, and shows your officer where on the body to look.
The gap at the door
The list and the detector don’t match
Museums publish what visitors can’t bring inside. Many of those lists name 3D-printed weapons alongside knives and scissors, on the same page that tells visitors to pass through a metal detector. A metal detector finds metal.
HEXWAVE finds metallic and non-metallic items, with no physical contact, no X-ray and no stored images.
“guns, 3D weapons, knives, pen knives, pets, food and drinks, scissors”
National Museum of African American History and Culture, published prohibited-items policy, on the same page that requires every visitor to pass a metal detector
Updated September 2025
How HEXWAVE answers it
What changes at the entrance
Find what the list prohibits
Metallic and non-metallic, in one pass.
HEXWAVE detects traditional weapons, improvised weapons such as 3D-printed guns and ceramic knives, and plastic, liquid, and powder explosives.
Screen every visitor
Any age, with no one pulled out of line.
HEXWAVE screens people of any age, people who are pregnant, and people with pacemakers or artificial joints, so school groups and families can use the same lane.
Protect the visitor’s privacy
A body outline, never a picture.
Your officer sees a generic body outline with the location of anything flagged. HEXWAVE does not store images or capture personal information.
Grant funding
FEMA’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program funds “target hardening and other physical security enhancements” for eligible nonprofit organizations.
Fits the building you have
HEXWAVE stands free on wheels, with nothing bolted to the floor and no structural work, so it can go into buildings that can’t be altered. Each panel plugs into a standard outlet.
Just Walk.
For entrances that can give you a screening lane and cannot ask people to stop.
Walk. Turn. Go.
For entrances that can give you a lane and can tolerate a brief pause.
Walk. Spin. Go.
For entrances that cannot give you a lane at all.
What it does not do
- It screens people once pockets are emptied and hands are free. It does not screen bags, so your bag check stays in place.
- It shows where on the body something was flagged. Your officer identifies the item.
- It runs indoors and in covered outdoor locations, between 42°F and 95°F.
Request a demo
See HEXWAVE at an entrance like yours.
Demos start virtually. Tell us about your entrance and we’ll show you the configuration that fits it.