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See “Greeting a Totem” and “Torso” by Marc Katano pre-security in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/Nk8IWYUPC4 #MarcKatano #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on August 20, 2024.

Syracuse University graduate Zichen Chang crafts a visually stunning black-and-white experimental film, joined together by ethereal music, spoken word, and intimate cinematography to explore oblivion. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/GWXeRbL6yN This tweet was posted on August 22, 2024.

The aircraft’s interior was designed by the firm of Henry Dreyfuss with blue and turquoise pile carpet, seats, and curtains. The lounge in the aft section of the cabin featured wraparound, sofa-style seating and a large mural of North America showing the airline’s route system. This tweet was posted on August 23, 2024.

When businessman Harold Bixby worked for the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), CNAC exclusively flew American-built aircraft. Here we see the wings fitted to a new Ford Tri-Motor, which were well-suited to the lack of aviation infrastructure in China in the 1930s. This tweet was posted on August 27, 2024.

📸: Photographer Marshall Moxom [left] and Ken Snodgrass posing in front of a Cessna 175, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), February 19, 1960; view facing north with San Bruno Mountain visible on horizon Collection of SFO Museum; 2011.032.0609 https://t.co/adDmfqGScw This tweet was posted on August 12, 2024.

Please join Film SF and SFO Museum on Thursday, September 5 from 1pm to 3:30pm at the Aviation Museum and Library for a screening of our Latinx Heritage Month Video Arts programming! The event includes a conversation with filmmakers followed by a reception. RSVP below! https://t.co/KnQvvKMTm6 This tweet was posted on August 28, 2024.

RT @Film_SF: We are thrilled to present a new screening series celebrating Latinx Heritage Month highlighting these San Francisco Bay Area… This tweet was posted on August 28, 2024.

📸: Assembling a Ford Tri-Motor at Shanghai 1930s photograph Collection of SFO Museum 2019.121.0127 R2023.1301.007 This tweet was posted on August 27, 2024.

Born in Australia in 1929, Harry Rogers was a poster artist and graphic designer for Qantas from the late 1950s through the ‘80s. He designed the Qantas logo-font in the mid-1960s and created numerous travel posters for the airline from the 1950s to the ’70s. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on September 03, 2024.

CALL FOR ARTISTS! Are you a filmmaker? Interested in screening your film for an international audience? SFO Museum reviews exhibition proposals from artists and filmmakers on a rolling basis. Interested? https://t.co/18M0ivIyMr #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO This tweet was posted on August 30, 2024.

For each poster series, Rogers conceived a distinct style using different illustration techniques. These included cut paper and collage, animal portraits, watercolor illustrations, and oil paintings on glass. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on September 03, 2024.

RT @Film_SF: Tomorrow! Join us for our Latinx Heritage Month screening followed by a conversation with the filmmakers and reception. Regist… This tweet was posted on September 04, 2024.

RT @airandspace: This photo of Amelia Earhart sitting in a Lockheed Model 10-E Electra was taken on this day in history in 1936. https://t.… This tweet was posted on August 31, 2024.

This cutaway model represents the first Electra delivered to Western, registered as N7135C, and features a highly detailed fuselage, wings, engines, cockpit, and cabin interior with a galley, luggage racks, closets, and a lounge. #CutAboveModels This tweet was posted on September 04, 2024.

📸: Western Airlines Lockheed L-188A Electra cutaway model aircraft 1990s Gary Field scale 1:20 metal, paint, wood, plastic, decals, rubber Collection of SFO Museum Gift of the San Francisco Aeronautical Society 2018.127.005 a e L2024.0401.003 a e This tweet was posted on September 04, 2024.

Costa Rican director María Luisa Santos stars in her own film about waiting for a visa with Turbo, a dog she grows to adore. As time passes, she must grapple with their imminent separation. #VideoArtsSFO #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth https://t.co/qyKrm2lO2o This tweet was posted on September 06, 2024.

In 1942, the US War Production Board, War Advertising Council, and Office of War Information coordinated a campaign to recruit women into the workforce. Propaganda recast traditional female roles and publicized women as vital to the success of a nation at war. #RosieTheRiveterSFO This tweet was posted on September 10, 2024.

See “A Film is a Goodbye That Never Ends” by María Luisa Santos in the Video Arts Gallery, located pre-security in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall, open daily from 8am to 10pm. Learn more at: https://t.co/0w9AVtR2Mf #VideoArtsSFO This tweet was posted on September 06, 2024.

Venezuelan filmmaker Clara Pérez Medina captures the vibrant and powerful work of Bay Area-based political muralists. Three generations of artists map the contours of their communities onto a rotating mural at the La Peña Cultural Center. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/rYk7RT3KWF This tweet was posted on September 12, 2024.

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 September 16, 2024.

Harry Rogers, a poster artist & graphic designer for Qantas from the late 1950s to the ‘80s, created numerous travel posters for the airline from the 1950s to the ’70s. In 1956, Rogers created a series of travel posters for the airline incorporating visual elements of animation. This tweet was posted on September 18, 2024.

Included are a contemporary Filipino proverb, a traditional Lakota (Native American) song, a song from the Yuen Fu genre (Chinese, 221-205 B.C.), and “I love you” in American sign language. #PublicArt #SFAC #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth This tweet was posted on September 18, 2024.

Initially he depicted figures intended to represent various cultures, such as this Japan poster with a woman dressed in a kimono and this Ceylon (Sri Lanka) poster featuring a Kandyan dancer from the Central Hills region of Udarata. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on September 18, 2024.

Mexican American filmmaker Susana Canales Barrón highlights the communities within San Joaquin Valley and the bond they have formed with their automobiles amidst a technological shift. https://t.co/eSsa9OaLnt This tweet was posted on September 20, 2024.

These were followed by the animal series for which he is best known—including the unmistakable kangaroo with Aboriginal-inspired design accents for Australia and the iconic bulldog for Britain. All the posters in this series included a small Lockheed Super Constellation in shadow This tweet was posted on September 18, 2024.

This is your last week to catch “Recollections… from the Unknown Museum” on display in Terminal 2. The Unknown Museum was conceived as a hands-on experience, encouraging visitors to physically interact with stacks and shelves full of items. #UnknownMuseum This tweet was posted on September 16, 2024.

Virgin America built a solid reputation for delivering an improved passenger experience at a competitive price. Many of its passengers, if offered the choice, would fly no other airline, even if the ticket price on a particular route might be less on another carrier. #VXForever This tweet was posted on September 23, 2024.

When confronted with so many common objects from years past, visitors often asked curator Mickey McGowan to see a specific item, and then proceeded to search for it among a multitude of similar things. #UnknownMuseum This tweet was posted on September 16, 2024.

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.

This rapid growth in popularity came from Virgin America’s efforts to offer a truly fun travel experience unlike any other available in the industry at the time. With Virgin America, the passenger experience always came first. #VXForever This tweet was posted on September 23, 2024.

Guatemalan filmmaker Javier Roberto Carlos shares an intimate film portrait of Marcos “El Soñador” Alvarez, a blind street musician from El Salvador and his dreams of overcoming struggles through music in San Francisco. #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/mACJKIpiNj This tweet was posted on September 26, 2024.

Our newest exhibit, “San Francisco: City of the World” is now on display in T2! In 1846, around 1,000 people lived in the city. In 1848, gold was discovered in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The Gold Rush transformed SF into a bustling city of ~25,000 inhabitants. #SFCityoftheWorld This tweet was posted on September 30, 2024.

In their directorial debut, Charissa Kroeger and Eric Schloesser present a dance film fantasy where the meeting of two strangers ignites a sizzling, quirky outburst of dance in a retro-futuristic, parallel world. https://t.co/XHE1NUGVKW This tweet was posted on October 03, 2024.

Klein was influenced by an art style called Precisionism, which used detailed, sharply defined geometrical lines and forms. In his vibrant San Francisco poster, he features a Boeing 707 flying over the Golden Gate Bridge with a ship entering the Golden Gate. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on October 02, 2024.

One of Africa’s most revered and ancient percussion instruments, drums, are carved from solid logs of wood and covered with a membrane. The drum shown here, from Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, is intricately carved with figures adorned with necklaces. #ArtoftheAfricanInstrument This tweet was posted on October 01, 2024.

San Francisco flourished in the late 19th-century, until a devastating earthquake in April of 1906 and its resulting fires leveled the city. “San Francisco: City of the World” explores the iconic city’s colorful history from the late 19th-century to the 1980s. #SFCityoftheWorld This tweet was posted on September 30, 2024.