Authorities hope the house's new function will deter right-wing extremists from making pilgrimages to the Nazi dictator's birthplace in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, near the border with Germany.
The building will also be used to train police officers on human rights. Renovation of the building has cost the equivalent of just over 220 million kronor, and the opening of the police station is three years behind schedule.
An intense debate has gone on for years about what the country should do with the house, which has belonged to the same family since 1912. From 1972 it was rented to the Austrian state and used as a center for people with disabilities, who were also victims of the Third Reich. Since 2011, the house has been empty.
