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The exposition of the customs museum is dedicated to the history of Lithuanian customs during the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Russian Empire and after the restoration of the Lithuanian state in 1918. The collection is represented by various documents, photographs and postcards, state decorations of customs officers, uniforms customs officers and other interesting exhibits.

Attention is attracted to detained small and large-scale contraband goods, demonstrated in sea containers. In the model of the car depicted skilfully equipped caches in which smuggled goods and drugs were transported

The exposition of the museum exhibits original documents, a border post on the border of tsarist Russia and Prussia, postcards, photographs revealing the work of customs and border checkpoints . The stand with "sacred contraband" draws attention, where the material related to the period of the ban of the Lithuanian press is exhibited, a copy of the 1920's column . for indicating the demarcation line, the wall Antiquity border customs of Memel Krai 1922-1923 years, state awards of one of the leaders of the inter-military customs service - A . Dante, the uniform of the customs officer of the interwar period and other interesting exhibits .

Useful information

The museum is open from Monday to Thursday from 8:30 to 16:00, Fridays from 8:30 to 15:00, break from 13:00 to 14:00, admission is free.

Address: Vilnius, Jeruzales gv., 25.