Unternavigation

Customs Museum

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 to Cantine di Gandria

After a long winter break, we will start the new museum season on Palm Sunday, 10 April 2022, and are looking forward to your visit.

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

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

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?