May 2026

11.05. - 30.08.2026

tours and workshops for kindergartens, schools, higher education institutions and after-school care groups


Discover & Reflect – interactive formats for the exhibition ‹Groundwork›
How is architecture created today – and who shapes it? The exhibition ‹Groundwork› explores these questions. Films, documents and materials provide insight into different working methods and present architecture as an open process shaped by social and ecological conditions. The learning formats focus on key aspects of the exhibition and serve as a starting point for shared exploration. Observation, questioning and the development of personal ideas are at the core.

11.05. - 30.08.2026

Discovery tours for kindergartens, schools, higher education institutions and after-school care groups

Tour 1: Art in public space
Tour 2: Basel through time – A Discovery Tour with Sketching
Tour 3: Sustainable building – but how?
Tour 4: Erlenmatt Ost – new forms of living together

 

11.05. - 27.12.2026

Kultur unter einem Dach - Tandem-Rundgänge für Schulklassen im S AM & Kunsthalle Basel

Die Kunsthalle Basel und das S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum verbindet nicht nur ein gemeinsames Dach, sondern auch die Begeisterung für Kunst, Kultur und Gesellschaft. Darunter vereinen sie zeitgenössische Künstlerpositionen mit aktuellen Themen rund um Architektur und Städtebau. Diese Synergien werden in einem gemeinsamen Rundgang erlebbar gemacht, Schnittstellen gezogen, sowie Unterschiede und Bedeutungen für die Gesellschaft erörtert.

August 2026

23.08. - 23.08.2026

Guided city tour: A City in Transition – New Districts in Northern Basel

2 PM, English
Registration through 
Basel Tourismus

How are new urban districts created?

Using the Lysbüchel site as an example, this tour explores how Basel is shaping urban development in the 21st century. A new neighborhood is gradually emerging on a former industrial and warehouse site, combining housing, commercial uses, cultural spaces, and public open areas.

Meeting point: Vogesenplatz, 4056 Basel
The architecture tours are a collaboration between Basel Tourism and the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum.

29.08. - 29.08.2026

S AM Cup by Marti 2026

11–18 Uhr

24 Teams, jede Menge Energie – Fussball, Austausch und gute Stimmung!
Nach der Fussball-WM steigt nun die Spannung auf den 32. ‹S AM Cup› am Samstag, 29. August 2026 im Landhof! Die 24 Teamplätze waren wie immer sofort ausgebucht. Ob präzise Pass-Konstruktion oder statisch gewagte Tacklings: Angefeuert vom Publikum taktieren Architektinnen und Ingenieure um jeden Zentimeter und haben gemeinsam Spass!


Ort: Landhof Basel, Riehenstrasse 78a, Basel

30.08. - 30.08.2026

Tandem Tour S AM & Kunsthalle Basel

3 PM
Culture under one roof

Kunsthalle Basel and S AM Swiss Architecture Museum are united not only by a common roof but also by their mutual enthusiasm for art, culture, and society. In this joint tour, these synergies will be made tangible, interfaces will be drawn, and differences and meanings for society will be discussed based on the current exhibitions.

As part of the 
Kunsttage Basel 2026

Meeting: Museum lobby
Admission: free
Registration is not required

30.08. - 30.08.2026

Informal City: In Search of the Unplanned

10 – 11.30 AM

The Office for Peripatetic Design invites you to be guided (and led astray) by the unplanned, and to discover in seemingly marginal spaces resistant gestures of a city lived differently.The walk engages the searching gaze upon urban space also embraced by the exhibition ‘Groundwork’.

As part of the 
Kunsttage Basel 2026

Meeting point: S AM, Museum foyer
Language: German/English
Admission: free
Partly wheelchair accessible


Photo: © Patrick Düblin

September 2026

20.09. - 20.09.2026

Guided city tour: A City of Architecture: From the Old Town to the Present

2 PM, English
Registration by 
Basel Tourismus

How does architecture shape the face of a city?
This guided tour illustrates how historic, modernist, and contemporary architecture intersect in Basel’s cityscape and shape its public spaces.
As part of the tour, you will hear from museum experts as they share insights on architecture, urban history, and contemporary urban development.


The architecture tours are a collaboration between Basel Tourism and the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum.

 

October 2026

25.10. - 25.10.2026

Guided city tour: A City in Transition – New Districts in Northern Basel

2 PM, German
Registration by 
Basel Tourismus

How are new urban districts created?

Using the Lysbüchel site as an example, this tour explores how Basel is shaping urban development in the 21st century. A new neighborhood is gradually emerging on a former industrial and warehouse site, combining housing, commercial uses, cultural spaces, and public open areas.

Meeting point: Vogesenplatz, 4056 Basel
The architecture tours are a collaboration between Basel Tourism and the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum.

November 2026

29.11. - 29.11.2026

Guided city tour: A City of Architecture: From the Old Town to the Present

2 PM, German
Registration by 
Basel Tourismus

How does architecture shape the face of a city?
This guided tour illustrates how historic, modernist, and contemporary architecture intersect in Basel’s cityscape and shape its public spaces.
As part of the tour, you will hear from museum experts as they share insights on architecture, urban history, and contemporary urban development.


The architecture tours are a collaboration between Basel Tourism and the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum.