ACTIVITIES for children and families

 

The S AM Swiss Architecture Museum offers a wide range of activities for children and families.
Vacation programs, drop-in workshops and family Sundays enable children, young people and families to perceive, discover and help shape their designed environment with all their senses.OPEN ATELIER: WE BUILD OUR OWN WORLD!

Drop-In Workshop: Experimenting with light and history!
For young and old (as part of Open House Kids) 

In the cyanotype drop-in workshop, you can create your own pictures using a historical printing technique - inspired by the preservation of historical monuments and the question of how we preserve and reinterpret what already exists. Come along, become part of the creative process and discover the connection between past, present and future in the exhibition “What could have been”!
Dates: Sat & Sun, May 24 & 25, 2025
Time: 2-5 pm each day
Cost: free of charge

already fully booked - Offer as part of the Basel Holiday Pass together with the Kunsthalle Basel:
Cyanotype: A workshop with sun printing 

Discover the simple photographic printing process. Be inspired by the works in the Kunsthalle Basel and the Swiss Architecture Museum and create unique works.
Dates: 
Mon, June 30, 2025, 9am-12pm
Tue, July 1, 2025, 2pm-5pm
Cost: free
Registration: S AM/Kunsthalle Basel or Basler Ferienpass Monday and Tuesday 

Kulturkompass - For children aged 8 and over
Cooperation between cultural institutions around Theater Basel

Every Wednesday, once a month, from Wednesday September 4, 2024 to Wednesday June 18, 2025

Discover Basel's cultural world together: once a month, young explorers (aged 8 and over) meet in the Foyer Public and set off on an expedition to a cultural institution around Theater Basel.
A collaboration between Theater Basel and Kunsthalle Basel as well as Sinfonieorchester Basel, Historisches Museum Basel, Stadtkino Basel, Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum (S AM) and Literaturhaus Basel.
Further information on family activities at Theater Basel and registration can be found here.
Cost: CHF 5