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A visit to the #UnknownMuseum was a complete immersion in conceptual art and American consumerism. The museum’s mission is to challenge visitors with recollections of items they may have lived with, and to suggest the influence of those objects on American popular culture. This tweet was posted on September 28, 2023.

In “Cultural Fabric (Bay Area)”, #MiguelArzabe created a digital collage of collected images from Bay Area art exhibitions. The imagery was sourced from exhibition materials featuring work by Lisa K. Blatt, Hung Liu, Sofie Ramos, and Leo Valledor. @SFAC #publicart This tweet was posted on September 27, 2023.

A midwestern businessman, Bixby’s strong interest in the emerging technology of aviation led to a career that encompassed some of the most important milestones in air travel of the 1920s and 30s. Bixby joined Pan American Airways in 1933. #BixbyCollection This tweet was posted on October 03, 2023.

Internationally based directors Ramón Sánchez Orense and Susanne Maria Krauss present the story of Amina, who is sent to a school for the deaf although she can hear. Amina learns sign language; and later begins coaching basketball to students at the school. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/SUsO8nL8Vt This tweet was posted on October 05, 2023.

Our newest exhibition “Unlocking an Archival Treasure: The Harold Bixby Collection” is a two-part exhibition containing selections from The Harold Bixby Collection of over 600 letters and documents and roughly 500 photographs collected throughout his career. #BixbyCollection This tweet was posted on October 03, 2023.

RT @KLM: Just in! The reveal of our brand-new Delft Blue miniature house… ‘Station Valkenburg’! Did you know KLM launches a new house on it… This tweet was posted on October 06, 2023.

📸 1/2: Harold Bixby aboard a China National Aviation Corporation flying boat 1930s photograph Courtesy of Benjamin Barrett R2023.1502.002 Harold Bixby and Chinese CNAC personnel 1930s photograph Collection of SFO Museum 2019.121.0102 R2023.1301.005 This tweet was posted on October 03, 2023.

In October 1951, the airport held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Central Terminal (now Terminal 2). Designed in the International Style, the seven-story building employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. #52Objects #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 16, 2023.

Join us on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 5:30 PM for a screening of “Pan Am on Film” featuring rare archival footage from 1920 to 1980! This FREE event is hosted by The San Francisco Aeronautical Society and The Pan Am Historical Foundation. RSVP at https://t.co/WxQKsJ0onS This tweet was posted on October 17, 2023.

Located in France, Justine Faure-Vincent served as the writer, director, composer, and performer in the awarding-winning dance and music film Feel, in which two women dance in opposition to one another in a stark desert landscape. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/OSIf51xEaG This tweet was posted on October 13, 2023.

#OnThisDay the 1937, @flysfo's second airport terminal was dedicated. Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, the building included a four-story control tower, restaurant, cocktail lounge, and a passenger waiting room with terrazzo floors & a stenciled ceiling #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on October 24, 2023.

Learn more about San Francisco Opera’s history in our exhibition “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/IfqCjTrTVx #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera This tweet was posted on October 23, 2023.

New York City based director Alex Casimir explores the story of a young man who finds himself playing basketball with a man in shackles, which leads to an unexpected conversation about grappling with the history of enslavement. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/QG4RbCUXeu This tweet was posted on October 19, 2023.

This is your last week to see “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1, but don’t fret! If you’re looking for more Opera, fall down the rabbit hole! https://t.co/O9FAoTXfuM #SFOperaCentennial #Opera @SFOpera This tweet was posted on October 23, 2023.

A very special thank you to Mickey McGowan for making this exhibition possible. See “Recollections… from the Unknown Museum” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/4G3SzOmKhc #UnknownMuseum #MickeyMcGowan #BayArea #BayAreaHistory This tweet was posted on October 25, 2023.

French animation students present the tale of two mice who, after nibbling on a mushroom, get out of hand in a nineteenth-century science lab; the consequences are disastrous. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/67JwmTZviy This tweet was posted on October 26, 2023.

Personal cameras trace back to 1900, when Kodak debuted the world’s first affordable camera, the simple Brownie. They also made compact folding Brownies, such as the Vest Pocket Model B that McGowan glued into a copy of Kodak’s "How to Make Good Pictures." #UnknownMuseum This tweet was posted on October 25, 2023.

Chicago metalsmiths began with flat machine-rolled sheets of sterling silver and produced objects shaped using hand tools. Works display surfaces with visible, small hammer marks; these tiny facets reflect light, giving the surface a distinctive look and feel. #BarckWellesSilver This tweet was posted on October 27, 2023.

Happy Halloween from our mannequin shop!! Did you know SFO Museum has a dedicated mannequin shop and custom makes every mannequin in house? Our mannequin shop can be quite spooky to walk through without the lights on. #HappyHalloween #MuseumLife This tweet was posted on October 31, 2023.

Many ballet dancers customize their pointe shoes depending on their needs. A dancer may alter their shoes once they receive them to make them fit perfectly. @SFBallet #Ballet #SFBalletAt90 #WorldBalletDay This tweet was posted on November 01, 2023.

See "A New Woman: Clara Barck Welles, Inspiration & Influence in Arts & Crafts Silver" on display pre-security in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: https://t.co/b287tgjRdW #BarckWellesSilver #Silver This tweet was posted on October 27, 2023.

They often break the sole of the shoe or soften the area around the toe. Occasionally, a dancer will darn around the platform—the part of the shoe that the dancer balances on while on pointe—to help with stability or to make the shoe last longer. #SFBalletAt90 #WorldBalletDay This tweet was posted on November 01, 2023.

A dancer might also prepare their shoes differently depending on the ballet they are performing. If a role is particularly demanding, a dancer may use a brand-new pair of shoes for each performance—or each act! @SFBallet #Ballet #SFBalletAt90 #WorldBalletDay This tweet was posted on November 01, 2023.

Each portrait in “To Survive on this Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults” by Jess T. Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre includes a powerful interview with each of the featured individuals. #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on November 03, 2023.

Filmmaker ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby, a citizen of the Kchi Wiikwedong Anishinaabek (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians), tells the story of a city-dwelling Indigenous girl who discovers she has superhuman powers. #VideoArtsSFO #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth https://t.co/kjhxX4zVIJ This tweet was posted on November 02, 2023.

Patented in 1931 by private pilot, Edwin A. Link, Jr., the Link Flight Trainer played an important role in the development of commercial aviation. Link used a bellows and vacuum mechanisms to mimic climbing, diving and banking in response to control columns and pedals. #52Objects This tweet was posted on November 07, 2023.

Shot on the Blackfeet buffalo drive and inspired by a true story, Daniel Glick’s "Iniskim" follows a young woman’s journey as she reconnects with the power of the buffalo, the landscape of her ancestors, and the wisdom of her culture. #VideoArtsSFO #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth https://t.co/P5ymXCyVdK This tweet was posted on November 09, 2023.

A very special thank you to Forrest L. Merrill for making this exhibition possible. See "Kay Sekimachi: Weaving Traditions" on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/DFAn9I1PQB #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi #weaving This tweet was posted on November 15, 2023.

Fiber artist Kay Sekimachi is Nisei, a second-generation Japanese American, born in San Francisco’s Japantown in 1926. Sekimachi along with her two sisters spoke Japanese and practiced calligraphy and origami in their Berkeley home. #KaySekimachiWeaving This tweet was posted on November 15, 2023.

Liautaud applied face details to figural sculptures, incising hair and adding eyelashes. Finally, he often bent different parts of the sculpture to add even more depth before cutting and attaching a support to enable the figure to stand. #HaitianMetal This tweet was posted on November 14, 2023.

Liautaud carefully filed and smoothed the edges of the pieces—though he might intentionally leave some areas rough. He employed a small hammer with a round tip to make subtle hollows in the metal to give his sculptures more dimension. #HaitianMetal This tweet was posted on November 14, 2023.

Part of the Innu nation, director Isabelle Kanapé lives in Pessamit, an Indigenous community in Quebec. Her film is a lesson about respect—a man spreads rumors about a local elder. To be forgiven, he must realize the consequences of his actions. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth https://t.co/qy6BVA6iYA This tweet was posted on November 16, 2023.

See "A New Woman: Clara Barck Welles, Inspiration & Influence in Arts & Crafts Silver" on display pre-security in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: https://t.co/b287tgjjoo #BarckWellesSilver #Silver This tweet was posted on November 13, 2023.

To create his sculptures, visionary Haitian artist, Georges Liautaud first made a rough drawing on paper, or drew the shape freehand onto the metal. Liautaud then placed the piece on his anvil and, using a chisel & hammer or shears, cut the form from the metal sheet #HaitianMetal This tweet was posted on November 14, 2023.

Years later, after Sekimachi started weaving, her mother revealed that she and her grandmother had spun, dyed, and woven the silk for their obi. They often reminded Sekimachi that, "to be a good weaver, you have to feel like a thread." #KaySekimachiWeaving This tweet was posted on November 15, 2023.

Dancers come from all over the world to perform with the San Francisco Ballet. Dancers train and rehearse an average of 6 hours each day, 6 days a week, in addition to devoting time outside of the studio conditioning and strength training. #SFBalletat90 This tweet was posted on November 20, 2023.