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S AM Swiss Architecture Museum

The leading institution devoted to public exhibitions and outreach programs about modern and contemporary architecture in Switzerland.

Steinenberg 7, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

S AM Swiss Architecture Museum is the Swiss leading institution dedicated to public exhibitions and outreach programs about modern contemporary architecture. This platform boats a national and international audience and influence. S AM focuses on present and future issues linked to the field of architecture and related disciplines. Through coherent presentations, documentation and reflexion about architecture and its social relevance, the main aim of S AM is to support architecture as a leading topic of professional and public concern. In achieving this goal, the museum represents an independent position within the broad spectrum of Swiss building culture on the one hand and maintains an outlook exploring global changes and developments on the other hand. S AM’s aims also include establishing a broad and critical discussion about future design tasks, challenges and values in the cultural context of architecture at the beginning of the 21st century. The exhibitions are intended for both a professional as well as a broad public interested in architecture.

Opening hours during Art Basel 2019: June 10 – 16, 10am – 8pm; except June 12, 10am – 10pm

Contacts & Details
OPENING TIMES:
Tue – Wed, Fri 11am – 6pm
Thu 11am – 8:30pm
Sat – Sun 11am – 5pm

CLOSING DAYS:
Mon

ADMISSION:
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T: +41 61 261 1413
M: info@sam-basel.org
W: S AM Swiss Architecture Museum

ADDRESS
Steinenberg 7, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

ESTABLISHED
1984
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Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Napoli Super Modern
Everyone seems ‘to know’ Naples, even those who have never been there: its setting, its sounds, its people, its tastes, its informality and, not least, its stories, shaped by the fervor with which the inhabitants live this city.
12 May 2022 - 21 Aug 2022
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
Mock-Up
The S AM Swiss Architecture Museum presents the exhibition “Mock-up”. Mock-ups are usually...
28 Aug 2021 - 31 Oct 2021
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
BASEL 2050
A coproduction with the Bureau for Urban Development and Architecture of the Canton Basel-City Construction and Transport Department.
11 Sep 2020 - 27 Sep 2020
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
Swim City
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum presents the exhibition Swim City, which draws attention to a particular...
25 May 2019 - 29 Sep 2019
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
Bengal Stream. The Vibrant Architecture Scene of Bangladesh
The exhibition ‘Bengal Stream’ brings together over 60 projects by established and emerging architects...
02 Dec 2017 - 24 Jun 2018
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
in Land aus Land
There’s barely a country in which architect’s order books are fuller than in Switzerland. Nevertheless,...
01 Jul 2017 - 12 Nov 2017
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
Forum Basel
As cities grow and societies become increasingly heterogeneous, communal urban spaces become indispensable....
20 May 2017 - 18 Jun 2017
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
Schweizweit: Recent Swiss Architecture
In 1992 the artist Ben Vautier made a provocative statement with the inscription “La Suisse n’existe...
18 Nov 2016 - 07 May 2017
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
Imagine La Suisse
In autumn 2016, S AM closes its doors for conversion work. However, instead of just being closed during...
01 Nov 2016 - 17 Nov 2016
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
André M. Studer. On The Measure Of Things
André M. Studer adopted a special position of significance in post-war Swiss architecture. His expressive...
20 May 2016 - 25 Sep 2016
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
This Was Tomorrow: Reinventing Architecture 1953-1978
The SAM presents “This Was Tomorrow” an exhibition by the Drawing Matter collection about...
13 Mar 2016 - 08 May 2016
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
Constructing Film: Swiss Architecture in the movie image
The exhibition “Constructing film” will go down a new path and for the first time, aside...
31 Oct 2015 - 28 Feb 2016
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
Spatial position: the sound of Architecture
On the occasion of the new music festival ZeitRäume, S AM presents an exhibition dedicated to the sound...
05 Sep 2015 - 10 Oct 2015
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
Exhibitions
Bernard Tschumi. Architecture: Concept and Notation
The exhibition is an adaptation of the first great European retrospective on this influential theorist...
09 May 2015 - 28 Aug 2015
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Basel
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