The S AM Swiss Architecture Museum, located at Steinenberg 7, in the center of Basel, inside the Kunsthalle Basel, is the main Swiss institution dedicated to contemporary and urban architecture. Founded in 1984 as Architekturmuseum AM and relocated to the Kunsthalle in 2004, it has carried its current name since 2006.

The museum specializes in temporary exhibitions (about four per year) focused on themes of architecture, urban planning, heritage conservation, and sustainability, with attention to international debates and their socio-political implications. Recent projects include exhibitions such as "What Was Could Be: Experiments Between Preservation and Architecture" (2025), which explores new ways of ecologically and critically preserving architecture.

The museum complements exhibitions with talks, conferences, workshops, guided tours, and dedicated publications, targeting both industry professionals (architects, engineers, urban planners) and a broader audience of architecture enthusiasts. Basel is an ideal setting: a cultural crossroads between Switzerland, Germany, and France, a city boasting works by Herzog & de Meuron, OMA, and other international studios.