Customs Museum

Ticinonwes SERA vom 30.03.2023, ab Minuto 1.59

The Swiss Customs Museum presents the tasks performed by Customs and explains the different functions of the Swiss border as they are today and as they were in the past.

Welcome

The Swiss Customs Museum has reopen its doors again on 2 April 2023. This season, as a special highlight, we are proud to present a new special exhibition entitled "100 Years of the Switzerland-Liechtenstein customs treaty". The Liechtenstein NationalMuseum in Vaduz and the Swiss Customs Museum in Cantine di Gandria are celebrating the 100th anniversary with a joint exhibition. The exhibition shows the background and history of the customs treaty and illustrates many different aspects of relations between Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

We look forward to your visit.

Special exhibition flyer (PDF, 1 MB, 14.03.2023)

100 years of the customs treaty/Official anniversary website of the Principality of Liechtenstein: https://www.zollvertrag.li/ (in german)

Start of season: 2 April 2023
End of season: 22 October 2023

Media contributions to the special exhibition

TV Rheintal from 26.04.2023

TV broadcast «Siamo fuori» from 8.05.2023

Ticinonwes SERA from 30.03.2023, from Minuto 1.59

Il Quotidiano – RSI from 31.03.2023

La Regione

Il Quotidiano RSI from 5.01.2023

Media release (in german): Eröffnung der Sonderausstellung «100 Jahre Zollvertrag Schweiz-Liechtenstein»

Flyer 2022 (PDF, 1 MB, 05.04.2022)

Enjoy a little preview in video format: Report on the Customs Museum. (in Italian)

Feature on the opening of the 2022 season, RSI (Rete 2), 15 April 2022. (in Italian)

Currently in the Customs Museum

Im rechten Teil des Bildes steht mit weissen Buchstaben auf schwarzem Grund der Titel der , sowie einen Hinweis auf den Inhalt der Ausstellung. Es handelt sich dabei um das Thema «Schmuggel und Flüchtlinge zwischen Italien und der Schweiz im zweiten Weltkrieg». Im Linken Teil des Bildes sieht man zwei Männer, die hintereinander durch ein Dickicht gehen. Der Hintere trägt dabei einen Leinensack über der rechten Schulter

100 years of the Switzerland Liechtenstein customs treaty

The Liechtenstein NationalMuseum in Vaduz and the Swiss Customs Museum in Gandria are celebrating the 100th anniversary with a joint exhibition.

Reconstruction of the pint-sized submarine of Ceresio

In November 1948, just offshore from Porto Ceresio (Italy) in Lake Lugano, Italian border guards discovered a rudimentary submarine made of timber encased in metal. The pint-sized submarine of Ceresio was 3m long and could carry 450kg –and was propelled using pedal power!

A border between poverty and persecution

The border with Italy was by far the area which saw the most intense levels of smuggling.

Lebensgrosse Puppe trägt alte GWK-Uniform

Permanent Exhibition: a 1,935 km border in a museum

Over 2.2 Million people and around 1.1 Million vehicles and 24,000 lorries cross the Swiss border every day. What is the work of Customs? And what were things like when the Swiss border was first set up?