{"id":131622,"date":"2022-04-08T15:22:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T15:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/il-museo-delle-dogane-svizzero-apre-la-stagione-espositiva\/"},"modified":"2022-04-08T16:33:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T16:33:28","slug":"swiss-customs-museum-opens-exhibition-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/swiss-customs-museum-opens-exhibition-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Customs Museum opens exhibition season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swiss Customs Museum opens exhibition season<\/span><\/h1>\n

On Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022, the Swiss Customs Museum will reopen its doors after its winter break<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Swiss Customs Museum \u00a9BAZG<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Museum<\/span><\/h2>\n

The customs museum presents the tasks of the FCA and explains what the borders and border guards were used for, in the past and today.The building was constructed in 1904 and, until 1993, served as the border guard post.The first border guard post in Cantine di Gandria, the so-called “red house”, dates back to 1853; given the limited and uncomfortable space available to the guards, it was replaced in 1904 by a new, large building constructed a few hundred meters away. In 1935, the Ticino border guards’ officer Angelo Gianola decided to turn some unused rooms in this building into a museum: for the occasion he invited his colleagues to collect objects that would bear witness to the daily life of the border guards. In the first decades after its opening in 1949, smuggled goods, hiding places and imaginative means of transport were the most popular exhibits. For this reason, the Customs Museum is still popularly referred to as the “smugglers’ museum”.In the 1970s the museum was restored, revised and modernized in cooperation with the Swiss National Museum (SNM). The cultural commission of the SNM and the FCA agreed to transfer the entire collection of the Customs Museum to the SNM, also taking care of its preservation and topicality. From the year of reopening (1978) to the present day, the permanent exhibition has been continuously expanded, and the museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions devoted to particular themes. Since the closure of the border guard post (1993), the building has been used entirely as a museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/span> The Swiss Customs Museum in Cantine di Gandria (Ticino) photographed by Heribert Jung<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Extra-Ordinary<\/span><\/h2>\n

The digital exhibition ” Extra-Ordinary ” offers, through 17 episodes, glimpses of the working life of customs during the period of border closure in spring 2020. The Federal Customs and Border Security Service (FCOB) has documented this period of contemporary history through text, images and video. The digital exhibit can be viewed at any time at www.stra-ordinario.ch. A version will also be on view in a room of the Swiss Customs Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n

Brochure museo dogane (Italian)<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

A border between poverty and persecution<\/span><\/p>\n

“A Border Between Poverty and Persecution” is a special exhibition illustrating the life of hardship and renunciation of smugglers and refugees on the Italian-Swiss border during World War II. The exhibition uses archival material that has been made accessible to the general public for the first time. For example, one room displays the original register with all the names of the refugees who arrived at the border guard post in Caprino, where the Customs Museum is located today. According to research carried out to date, this document is the only one of its kind in Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n

A highlight of the exhibition is represented by the moving stories of more or less known refugees who crossed the border from Italy in the Cantine di Gandria area during the war years.<\/span><\/p>\n

At Easter the Swiss Customs Museum reopens its doors<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At the Nidwalden Museum stories of mercenaries and military exploits<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As many as sixteen thematic museums in the good graces of the Confederation<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Customs Museum is located in an idyllic landscape on Lake Lugano and can only be reached by boat or after a long walk. It is a perfect destination for a family outing. Admission to the museum is free. After visiting the museum, you can have a picnic in the immediate vicinity or a refreshing swim in the lake. The boat ride back to Gandria takes only a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about the museum: www.museodelledogane.admin.ch<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Opening hours<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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10.04.2022 – 23.10.2022<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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