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Do you ever wonder how SFO Museum creates our exhibitions? For the initial layout stage, armed with a list of objects, our exhibition designer and curators decide on how objects will be placed to tell a cohesive story. #behindthescenes #SFCityoftheWorld This tweet was posted on September 24, 2024.
Kudos to our exhibition design team! Stay tuned to see more behind the scenes from our upcoming exhibition, “San Francisco: City of the World!” #behindthescenes #SFCityoftheWorld This tweet was posted on September 24, 2024.
Then, our exhibition designer begins working on the layout of the objects. This includes considering the height of an object in relation to other objects, its angle, and what pieces should be grouped together on platforms or risers. #behindthescenes #SFCityoftheWorld This tweet was posted on September 24, 2024.
What’s happening at the museum? This image was posted on October 23, 2024. #behindthescenes #sneakpeek #decorativetile #californiatile
Do you ever wonder how SFO Museum creates our exhibitions? This image was posted on September 24, 2024. #behindthescenes #sneakpeek #sfcityoftheworld
Did you know that SFO Museum designs all our graphics in-house? This image was posted on September 19, 2024. #behindthescenes #sneakpeek #sfcityoftheworld
FREE EVENT: Come join museum staff and special guest Benjamin Barrett, Bixby descendant and family historian, for a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the remarkable Harold M. Bixby Collection! WHEN: Saturday, December 9, 2023. 1:30–3:00 PM WHERE: Aviation Museum and Library This tweet was posted on November 28, 2023.
Come join exhibition curator Samuel Scott, museum registrar Tomohiko Aono, and archivist Debbie Kahn for a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the remarkable Harold M. Bixby Collection that documents the fascinating interplay of Pan American Airways and the China National Aviation Corporation in the 1930s. This image was posted on November 28, 2023.
What’s happening at the museum? We’re hard at work preparing for an upcoming exhibition celebrating the centennial of @SFOpera. Featuring 10 costumes, our preparators have created mannequins that specially fit each costume. #SFOperaCentennial #BehindTheScenes #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
Before any objects go on display, they receive a thorough inspection from our conservator. Our upcoming exhibition, celebrating the centennial of San Francisco Opera (@SFOpera) features different 10 costumes. Stay tuned for more #BehindTheScenes! #SFOperaCentennial #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on November 07, 2022.
Sometimes after objects go on display, they need a little love. Our 1:10 scale model Douglas DC-8 received attention after a piece of the interior wall detached. Our conservator promptly performed the necessary maintenance. #MuseumMonday #BehindTheScenes This tweet was posted on November 21, 2022.
What’s going on at the museum? We’re preparing for our newest exhibition celebrating the San Francisco Ballet. Featuring objects from San Francisco Ballet, our preparators are making mounts for pointe shoes, essential footwear for a dancer. #behindthescenes #ballet @sfballet This tweet was posted on February 13, 2023.
What’s going on at the museum? This image was posted on February 13, 2023. #behindthescenes #ballet
What’s happening at the museum? This image was posted on December 12, 2022. #museummonday #behindthescenes #museumlife
“If you had told me when I moved to San Francisco in 1998, ‘Kenn, you are going to be part of a museum’s permanent aviation collection and will love it,’ I would have thought you were out of your mind. This image was posted on November 30, 2022. #nativeamericanhertiagemonth #behindthescenes #avgeek #museumlife
Sometimes even after objects go on display, they need a little love. This image was posted on November 21, 2022. #museummonday #conservation #behindthescenes #minimainliner #dc8
Before any objects go on display, they receive a thorough inspection from our conservator. This image was posted on November 07, 2022. #sfoperacentennial #sfopera #opera #behindthescenes #sneakpeek
What’s happening at the museum? This image was posted on November 02, 2022. #sfoperacentennial #sfopera #opera #behindthescenes #sneakpeek
It’s happening!! The long-awaited re-opening of our Aviation Museum and Library will take place next week, Wednesday, June 1st at 10am! https://t.co/XXIZF4gCA6 #AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
Some of the final objects to be reinstalled are model aircraft suspended from the ceiling. Our preparators took great care in re-hanging models of the Pan Am Clipper (a Sikorsky S-42) and the China Clipper (a Martin M-130). #AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
The Aviation Museum and Library will reopen Wednesday, June 1st at 10am. We can’t wait to welcome you in! https://t.co/XXIZF4gCA6 #AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
It’s happening!! This image was posted on May 24, 2022. #avgeek #behindthescenes #sneakpeek #aviationhistory
Fosshape is a non-woven material that’s soft and pliable until heat or steam is applied, which causes its form to fix while retaining its soft surface. #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on April 01, 2022.
Our upcoming exhibit on piña lace, a Philippine textile made from pineapple fiber, presented our preparators with the challenge of how to safely display these delicate works of art. They came up with the perfect, conservator-approved solution: Fosshape. #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on April 01, 2022.
What’s happening at the museum? Last week, we posted about our conservator-approved non-woven material, Fosshape, for our upcoming piña lace exhibition. Our preparators have create these displays and used this material to lay the delicate fabric. #behindthescenes #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on April 05, 2022.
Get a sneak peek at “From Pineapple to Piña” here: https://t.co/lViMDuFDIc #behindthescenes #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on April 05, 2022.
The work requires assembling, documenting, photographing, and disassembling the models. This particular aircraft is a remote controlled 1:3.5 scale model of a Davis D-1 with a functional radial engine. #BehindtheScenes #AvGeek #MuseumMonday #MuseumLife This tweet was posted on November 22, 2021.
What’s happening at the museum? Our collections team is inventorying and surveying a group of model aircraft in our collection – some of which are quite large! #BehindtheScenes #AvGeek #MuseumMonday #MuseumLife This tweet was posted on November 22, 2021.
What’s going on at the museum? For our new exhibition on Victorian wallpaper, Heidi Wright Mead came over to help us install wallpapers. The wallpapers were provided by Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers (@BradburyWalls). #VictorianPaperedWall #behindthescenes #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on October 07, 2021.
What’s going on at the museum? Our conservator is cleaning a few objects for our upcoming exhibition "The Victorian Papered Wall". This object, a bust of a woman, needed some light cleaning before going on display. Stay tuned for more #behindthescenes updates! #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
Wondering why the Aviation Museum & Library remain closed? Our recent blog post shares exciting details of the Museum’s renovation, as well as behind-the-scenes images of work to deinstall and protect the objects within. Read more: https://t.co/inXay9LBsM #BehindTheScenes This tweet was posted on September 20, 2021.
Here, we pack a slide rule into a foam-lined tray using foam blocks and sheets, tissue paper, and metal pins – which are all saved and reused for other packing jobs. Stay tuned for more #behindthescenes content from SFO Museum! #MuseumMonday #MathAtSFO #SneakPeek This tweet was posted on July 26, 2021.
What’s going on in the museum? We’re packing objects for our upcoming exhibition #MathAtSFO. Our workshops aren’t in the terminals, so we must prepare objects for the short journey over from our building. #behindthescenes #SneakPeek #MuseumMonday This tweet was posted on July 26, 2021.
New blog alert! What can museums do to be sustainable? A lot, it turns out. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at our program and efforts to minimize our environmental impact on Planet Earth: https://t.co/H96mScenuR Got additional ideas for us? Let us know! This tweet was posted on May 24, 2021.
We have over 1,700 model aircraft in our collection! It’s not enough to collect and exhibit them, though. Check out this video of our conservator demonstrating how we preserve and conserve these important collection objects: https://t.co/HUr81TLd6k #BehindTheScenes #MuseumMonday This tweet was posted on January 19, 2021.
What's happening at the museum? We're working hard on our newest exhibition! Can you guess what the subject is? #sneakpeek #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on December 10, 2020.