Österreichisches Zollmuseum
Service weapons, uniforms and documents of the Austrian customs administration in three rooms of the Zollstelle Wien (Vienna customs station); visits by appointment only.
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About the museum
As early as the 1960s, the then Federal Customs and Customs Guard School in Vienna exhibited individual worthwhile items from customs service; later the new customs school displayed uniforms and service weapons in display cases. The collection became the official Österreichisches Zollmuseum (Austrian Customs Museum) in October 2012, with the opening of the new Vienna customs office.
The exhibition in the Vienna customs station consists of three rooms. The first shows service weapons from the monarchy to today, along with uniforms, customs office signs and documents up to the end of the Habsburg monarchy. The second is dedicated to the interwar period, the uniforms of World War II, the integration of the customs guard into the Reich Finance Administration, and customs service at the Iron Curtain.
The third room covers the postwar period up to the dissolution of the uniformed customs guard in 2004, after Austria joined the EU. The museum belongs to the Federal Ministry of Finance and has been run on a voluntary basis since 2018 by Regierungsrat Erich Flucka.
Highlights
- Largest collection of historical service equipment of the Austrian finance and customs administration
- Service weapons from the monarchy to today
- Customs guard uniforms up to its dissolution in 2004
- Customs service at the Iron Curtain
- Free admission
Permanent exhibitions
- Raum 1: Dienstwaffen und Zollwesen der Monarchie – Service weapons from the monarchy to today, uniforms, historical customs office signs and documents up to the end of the Habsburg monarchy.
- Raum 2: Zwischenkriegszeit, Zweiter Weltkrieg und Eiserner Vorhang – Uniforms and themes from the interwar period and World War II, as well as customs service after the Iron Curtain border barriers were erected.
- Raum 3: Zollverwaltung nach 1945 – The postwar period up to the dissolution of the uniformed customs guard in 2004 following Austria's EU accession.
- Founded
- 2012
- Operated by
- Bundesministerium für Finanzen
- Director
- Erich Flucka (ehrenamtlich, seit 2018)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Visits as part of a guided tour by appointment, for groups of 5 to a maximum of 15 people; individuals and smaller groups only on a limited basis and on request. |
