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While many of us at SFO Museum continue to work from home, we have started a gradual return onsite. A recent project was the deinstallation of the Lockheed Model G, located outside of the Aviation Museum, which was removed in advance of nearby construction work. #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on July 13, 2020.

“This Infinite Gateway of Time and Circumstance” by #JacobHashimoto creates the impression of a landscape drifting in and out of visibility through clouds, or slowly becoming subsumed by a descending marine layer. #apahm #apiheritagemonth #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 15, 2020.

Did you know that in the 1960s there was a heliport next to the Ferry Building in San Francisco? From the 1960s to the 1980s, SFO Helicopter Airlines operated local helicopter flights from SFO to destinations around the Bay Area. #SFOHistory #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 26, 2020.

In “Mondrian Meets The Beatles” by Japanese-German American #KotaEzawa, #TheBeatles are shown exiting an airplane on their first US tour in 1964. This work attempts to free the photograph of its documentary status while adding a narrative to a set of static color fields. #apahm This tweet was posted on May 29, 2020.

RT @flySFO: Harvey Milk was a visionary human rights leader, a groundbreaking political luminary, and a seminal figure of the LGBTQ rights… This tweet was posted on May 22, 2020.

United Air Lines flight attendant Judy Meyer remembers, “We had a fake wedding ceremony on the way over. All kinds of silly stuff to keep their minds off where they were going.” #freedombird #Avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 28, 2020.

“#Mondrian Meets #TheBeatles” by #KotaEzawa imagines a meeting that never took place between a painter and music band, each of which revolutionized their respective fields of culture. #apahm #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 29, 2020.

Do you miss your barber? We sure miss ours! While we can’t offer you a haircut, you can learn about the designs and history of African barbershop signs in our exhibition, “Extra ‘O’: African Barbershop and Hairdressing Signs” online at: https://t.co/4w6G8ZrEoS #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 05, 2020.

Happy #NationalNursesDay! On October 25, 1973, SFO held a ceremony for the opening of our very own Medical Clinic. SFO Museum would like to thank the staff at the medical clinic and all of the nurses around the world for your dedication and tireless work. #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 06, 2020.

Our retired Assistant Director, Aviation, John Hill, returned earlier this year for a conversation about his book “Pan Am at War: How the Airline Secretly Helped America Fight World War II”. See the full event here: https://t.co/oV2EnX5EP0 #avgeek #MuseumFromHome https://t.co/c5N2vNr1Dp This tweet was posted on May 05, 2020.

RT @flySFO: Meet Gabe, an #SFO employee recently deployed as a Disaster Service Worker (DSW) at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.… This tweet was posted on May 06, 2020.

RT @thisisaaronland: today we published the ninth in a series of blog posts about how and why @sfomuseum is geotagging the photos in its co… This tweet was posted on May 07, 2020.

Happy Birthday to Jackie Cochran, born #onthisday in 1906 in Muscogee, Florida. After taking her first flying lessons in 1932, she obtained her pilot's license in just three weeks. In 1938, she won the Bendix Trophy, a race from LA to Cleveland. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 11, 2020.

In the 1970s and 1980s Pan American produced a series of children’s activity kits with the mascots Pierre and Penny Panda. With Pierre's Fabulous Flying fun kit, children could be entertained with cards, puzzles, fun facts, and other activities. #panam #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 08, 2020.

RT @flySFO: Today is a historic day at #SFO as we welcomed the very first @VietnamAirlines passenger flight to the United States! This repa… This tweet was posted on May 07, 2020.

While we can’t offer a full course meal like this one served by United in the 1950s, many people have been cooking up a storm while sheltering in place. What’s your quarantine menu looking like? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 11, 2020.

A form-fitting, polyester mini-dress projected a flashy, energetic look of casual comfort with bright stripes in Continental’s corporate colors. It featured a gold-tone chain belt with a monogrammed medallion. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 12, 2020.

Looking for something to do while sheltering-in-place? Electronically thumb through the 1919 book “How to build a 20-foot bi-plane glider” by Alfred Powell Morgan, on view in our exhibition #OnSilentWings and available to read through Google Books: https://t.co/sPxTEmxuuG This tweet was posted on April 23, 2020.

RT @thisisaaronland: today we published the second in a series of blog posts documenting how and why @sfomuseum is building tools for geota… This tweet was posted on April 24, 2020.

This circa 1959 Pan American wool suit in Tunis Blue created a fresh look with sharp, angular features exclaiming the aerodynamic mood of the exciting new jet age. Do you remember this uniform? #PanAm #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 13, 2020.

To promote its widebody-operator status, Continental Airlines introduced a new line of uniforms in 1970. Stewardesses were offered a choice of several ensembles. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 12, 2020.

#PanAm pioneered airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation. By 1930, the airline linked 29 Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories. #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 01, 2020.

In the 1960s, a set of “Views of North America” created by Zuber et Zie was saved from a historic home in Maryland and put in the Diplomatic Reception Room in the White House. #ZuberScenicWallpaper #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 28, 2020.

People Express Airlines commenced operations #onthisday in 1981. A low-cost airline inspired by Freddie Laker and Laker Air, People Express only lasted a few years and merged with Continental Airlines in 1987. Did you ever fly on #PeoplExpress? #Avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 30, 2020.

Playing cards, because of their size and weight, were ideally suited for use on airliners. Carriers distributed uniquely designed decks with the airline’s logo, and the latest service promotions. Do you have a favorite card game? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 28, 2020.

RT @flySFO: #HarveyMilkTerminal1 features a new @SFOMuseum installation "Harvey Milk: Messenger of Hope” honoring the visionary human right… This tweet was posted on April 28, 2020.

RT @flySFO: The next phase of #HarveyMilkTerminal1 will resume after a postponement caused by the #COVID19 crisis. On Tuesday, April 28th @… This tweet was posted on April 27, 2020.

RT @thisisaaronland: today we published the eighth in a series of blog posts about how and why @sfomuseum is geotagging the photos in its c… This tweet was posted on May 04, 2020.

RT @thisisaaronland: today we published the fifth in a series of blog posts about how and why @sfomuseum is geotagging photos in its collec… This tweet was posted on April 29, 2020.

RT @thisisaaronland: today we published the fourth in a series of blog posts and how and why @sfomuseum is geotagging photos in its collect… This tweet was posted on April 28, 2020.

RT @thisisaaronland: today we published the seventh in a series of blog posts about how and why @sfomuseum is geotagging the photos in its… This tweet was posted on May 01, 2020.

RT @thisisaaronland: today we published the sixth in a series of blog posts about how and why the @sfomuseum is geotagging the photos in it… This tweet was posted on April 30, 2020.

RT @thisisaaronland: today we published the third in a series of blog posts about how and why @sfomuseum is geotagging photos in its collec… This tweet was posted on April 27, 2020.

@Siobhan_Carreen They came from a variety of Bay Area lenders & will soon be returned to their owners. This tweet was posted on February 27, 2012.

The lightning speed of the advancement of aviation in the 20th century is illustrated in this late 1950s image. The Douglas World Cruiser “New Orleans” completed a round-the-world flight in 1924 in 175 days, while a Boeing 707 global circumnavigation took just 2 ½ days. This tweet was posted on May 04, 2020.