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

The customs museum is in the winter break!

In the meantime, enjoy a little preview in video format: Report on the Customs Museum. (In Italian)

Start of season: 10 April 2022
End of season: 23 October 2022

Following the recent decision by the Federal Council, with effect from Monday, 13 September 2021 a COVID-19 certificate is required (for people aged 16 and over) in order to visit the Customs Museum, i.e. you need a valid Swiss or EU/EFTA COVID certificate (online version or hard copy) and an identification document. Please show these documents when visiting the museum. Hand disinfectant is available in the museum, and the museum itself is cleaned regularly. If you feel unwell or experience COVID-19 symptoms, please stay at home.

FAQs – extension of certificate requirement

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

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 2.1 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?

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The Museum

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

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