{"id":92195,"date":"2021-03-30T19:02:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T19:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/a-pasqua-il-museo-svizzero-delle-dogane-riaprira-i-battenti\/"},"modified":"2021-05-25T17:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T17:15:04","slug":"at-easter-the-swiss-customs-museum-reopens-its-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/at-easter-the-swiss-customs-museum-reopens-its-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"At Easter the Swiss Customs Museum reopens its doors"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Easter the Swiss Customs Museum reopens its doors<\/h1>\n

On April 4, 2021, two exhibits on the activities of the FCA during the pandemic and wartime smugglers will reactivate the facility in Cantine di Gandria<\/h3>\n

On Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021, the Swiss Customs Museum in Cantine di Gandria will reopen its doors after its winter break and present two new special exhibitions to the public.
\nThe first shows how Swiss customs experienced an “extra-ordinary” period during the first wave of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

The Presidency of the Swiss Confederation from 1848 to the present day<\/strong><\/a>
\nSwiss monuments? A “hidden” treasure to be exploited…<\/strong><\/a>
\nAthenian democracy? Revive between Glarus and Appenzell…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The second one, entitled “A border between poverty and persecution”, shows the smuggling on the southern border during the Second World War.
\nFor the Swiss Customs Museum, part of the Bern-based Federal Customs Administration (FCA), it was immediately clear that the period of the first wave of coronavirus should become the theme of an exhibition.<\/p>\n

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The logo of the Swiss Customs Museum on a wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is the digital happening of the Basel agency “eyeloveyou”<\/h3>\n

Together with the Basel agency “eyeloveyou”, a digital exhibition has been created, accessible via computer or smartphone, structured in 17 episodes offering glimpses of the working life of the FCA during the period of border closure in spring 2020.<\/p>\n

Broschuere Schweizer Zollmuseum<\/a><\/strong>
\nBrochure Mus\u00e9e Suisse des Douanes<\/a><\/strong>
\nBrochure Museo Svizzero delle Dogane<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The most important topics related to the situation on the border at that time have been treated in a multimedia way, in all their facets, through texts, images and videos.
\nThe digital exhibition can now be viewed at www.stra-ordinario.ch. A version will also be on display in a room of the Swiss Customs Museum.<\/p>\n

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The Swiss Customs Museum in Cantine di Gandria (Ticino)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Smugglers and refugees through unpublished material in Ticino<\/h3>\n

The special exhibition “A border between poverty and persecution” illustrates the life of hardship and renunciation of smugglers and refugees on the Italian-Swiss border during a great historical crisis.
\nThis exhibition, conceived by Ticino historians Adriano Bazzocco and Stefania Bianchi and created for the museum by set designer Emmanuel Urban, displays archival material that is accessible to the public for the first time.<\/p>\n

Switzerland and the “fantastic four” of direct democracy<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Ethics of Competitiveness and the Spirit of Federalism<\/strong><\/a>
\nWaldst\u00e4tte and the “forest” cantons at the dawn of Switzerland…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In three rooms you can see glimpses of the traditional life of smugglers on the southern border during World War II.
\nA highlight of the exhibition are the moving stories of more or less well-known refugees who crossed the border from Italy in the Cantine di Gandria area during the war years.<\/p>\n

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The poster for the ‘Extraordinary’ exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The poster of the exhibition ‘A border between poverty and persecution’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Swiss Customs Museum in Cantine di Gandria (Ticino)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n