Swiss Customs Museum

The Swiss Customs Museum, or Museo doganale svizzero, is a museum located in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The museum is sited near Cantine di Gandria, directly across the Lake Lugano from the village of Gandria, and adjacent to the border with Italy.

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Opening hours: June 9th—October 18th Tuesday—Sunday noon—4:00 PM
Email: museodogane@lugano.ch
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Gandria in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
Also known as: “Museo Doganale Svizzero”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monte Brè and San Vigilio Parish Church.

Monte Brè

Peak

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Monte Brè is a small mountain east of Lugano on the flank of Monte Boglia with a view of the bay of Lugano and the Pennine Alps and the Bernese Alps. It is considered one of the sunniest points in Switzerland. Monte Brè is situated 3 km northwest of Swiss Customs Museum.

San Vigilio Parish Church

Church

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San Vigilio Parish Church is situated 1½ km northwest of Swiss Customs Museum.

Monte Boglia

Peak

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Monte Boglia is a mountain whose peak is along the border of Ticino, Switzerland and Lombardy, Italy. It reaches an elevation of 1,516 metres and overlooks Lake Lugano on its southern side. Monte Boglia is situated 3½ km north of Swiss Customs Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gandria and Lanzo d’Intelvi.

Gandria

Village

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Gandria is both a quarter of the city of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino, and a village on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, which forms the core of that quarter.

Lanzo d’Intelvi

Village

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Lanzo d'Intelvi is a village in Italy and a former comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres north of Milan and about 20 kilometres north of Como, on the border with Switzerland.

Brè-Aldesago

Village

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Brè-Aldesago is a quarter of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It occupies the slopes and summit of Monte Brè, and contains the mountain villages of Brè, to the east of the summit, and Aldesago, to the west.

Swiss Customs Museum

Categories: memory institution, customs museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

45.99937° or 45° 59′ 58″ north

Longitude

9.02102° or 9° 1′ 16″ east

Elevation

295 metres (968 feet)

Open location code

8FQFX2XC+PC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 68810349

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

12005748

Wikidata ID

Q1725173

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Swiss Customs Museum” goes by many names.

Chinese: “瑞士海关博物馆”
French: “Musée suisse des douanes”
German: “Schweizerisches Zollmuseum Cantine di Gandria”
German: “Schweizerisches Zollmuseum”
Italian: “Museo delle dogane svizzero”
Italian: “Museo Doganale Svizzero Cantine di Gandria”
Italian: “Museo doganale svizzero”
Russian: “Музей швейцарской таможни”
Spanish: “Museo de Aduanas de Suiza”
Spanish: “Museo de aduanas suizo”

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