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Last week, the flag carrier of Japan, Japan Air Lines (JAL) celebrated 70 years of service at San Francisco International Airport. This image was posted on February 08, 2024. #52posters

Fiber artist Kay Sekimachi (b. This image was posted on February 06, 2024. #kaysekimachi

Alison Saar's "Flourish" is a story of displacement and inclusion; a narrative of seeded with the adversity that migrants and refugees often experience upon arrival. This image was posted on February 05, 2024. #blackhistorymonth #alisonsaar

In the early 1960s, enamel artist June Schwarcz's husband Leroy, a mechanical engineer, constructed an electroplating tank so she could plate raised designs to fill with champlevé and cloisonné enamels. This image was posted on February 02, 2024. #unconventionalenamels #juneschwarcz

Introduced in 1955, the Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation, also known as the “Super G,” was a longer-range upgrade variant of the Super Constellation. This image was posted on January 31, 2024. #airlinerchairs #aircraftinteriors #avgeek

The recent cold snap has us shivering, even in California. This image was posted on January 30, 2024. #avgeek #52posters #highlightsfromthecollection #aircalifornia

Much of visionary Haitian artist, Georges Liautaud’s (1899–1991) work reflects Vodou, an African Diasporic religion and way of life—from his crosses, which symbolize the crossroads (kafou), where the mortal world meets the spiritual world, to his sculptures depicting various omnipresent Vodou spirits, or lwa, which mirror different facets of nature and life. This image was posted on January 29, 2024. #haitianmetal

SFO is proud to announce the dedication of the International Terminal to the late US Senator and former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein. This image was posted on January 26, 2024. #diannefeinstein

Virgin America was founded in 2004 by the Virgin Group to offer a more pleasurable domestic airline flying experience to the traveling public. This image was posted on January 24, 2024. #vxforever #avgeek #virginamerica

Harvey Bernard Milk (1930–78) was a visionary human rights leader, a groundbreaking political luminary, and a seminal figure of the LGBTQ rights movement. This image was posted on January 23, 2024. #harveymilk #harveymilkexhibition #lgbtq #lgbtqrights #sfhistory

Our newest exhibition, “Everyday Elegance in Chinese Ceramics” is now on display! This image was posted on January 22, 2024. #chineseceramics #china #pottery #ceramics

In an era of digital technology and one-click ease, John Chiara prefers a complex, analog approach to making photographs. This image was posted on January 19, 2024. #publicart #sfac #johnchiara #cameraobscura #waterfront #coastline

Choreographer Danielle Rowe’s first repertory length work for San Francisco Ballet faced a complex path due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. This image was posted on January 18, 2024.

Clara Barck Welles (1868–1965) founded the Kalo Shop in 1900 with five other women graduates of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This image was posted on January 12, 2024. #barckwellessilver

Fiber artist Kay Sekimachi studied silk screen printing and watercolor painting at California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC, now California College of the Arts) in Oakland. This image was posted on January 09, 2024. #kaysekimachiweaving #kaysekimachi #weaving

In 1927, Harold Bixby joined a consortium of St. Louis businessmen to help finance Charles Lindbergh’s (1902-74) historic non-stop transatlantic flight later that year. This image was posted on January 08, 2024. #bixbycollection #panam #haroldbixby #avgeek

#Onthisday in 1933, construction on the Golden Gate Bridge started. This image was posted on January 05, 2024.

SFO Museum is pleased to announce the extension of “To Survive on this Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults” by Jess T. Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre until July 2024. This image was posted on January 03, 2024. #jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming

Enamel artist June Schwarcz was not trained in metalworking or enameling; rather, she studied industrial design at Pratt Institute. This image was posted on January 02, 2024. #unconventionalenamels #juneschwarcz

Harold McMillan Bixby, a midwestern businessman with a strong interest in the emerging technology of aviation, worked for Pan American Airways in the 1930s to the 1950s. This image was posted on December 29, 2023. #bixbycollection #panam #paa #avgeek #haroldbixby

In the bustling streets of La Paz and the sprawling suburbs of El Alto, Bolivia, nearly three thousand shoe shiners emerge each day in search of clients. This image was posted on December 27, 2023. #lapaz #elalto #bolvia #héroesdelbrillo #a3humanrightsday #humanrights75

Inspired by San Francisco Airport’s 1937 terminal building, the San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum is an architectural adaptation of the 1937 terminal’s interior and incorporates many similar architectural features. This image was posted on December 26, 2023. #52objects #sfohistory #sfomuseum #avgeek

Bay Area artist and educator Libby Black invited a group of undergraduate and graduate students from San Francisco State University’s School of Art to articulate their unique perspectives on home. This image was posted on December 22, 2023. #studentart

For “Long Arc of Day,” by Kim Anno, Anno combined historical scenes of the San Francisco Bay and the surrounding California landscape into one image. This image was posted on December 19, 2023. #publicart #sanfranciscoartscommission

Innovation often comes from challenges. This image was posted on December 18, 2023. #52objects

Introduced in 1936, the same year as the Douglas DC-3, this United Air Lines sage green wool stewardess uniform was worn with a yellow linen blouse and included a pillbox hat complemented with a green and yellow flat bow. This image was posted on December 15, 2023. #airlinerchairs

“I identify as a polyamorous gay trans man, primarily with a bear bent. This image was posted on December 12, 2023. #jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming

Join us for a public panel discussion and exhibition tour of “Unlocking an Archival Treasure: The Harold Bixby Collection” tomorrow, December 9, 2023, from 1:30 to 3:00, in the Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum & Library in the International Terminal. This image was posted on December 08, 2023. #bixbycollection #panam #haroldbixby #avgeek

A prominent leader in advancing women’s suffrage, Clara Barck Welles represented the “new woman”—a term coined in 1894 to describe the newfound independence many women began to seek. This image was posted on December 06, 2023. #barckwellessilver #silver

The development of the Wright J-5 Whirlwind began in the early 1920s with the Lawrance Aero-Engine Corporation, a company founded in 1917 by Charles L. Lawrance (1882–1950). This image was posted on December 05, 2023. #enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory

The last Pan American World Airways flight took off from Barbados to Miami, Florida, #onthisday in 1991. This image was posted on December 04, 2023. #52objects #panamerican #panam #paa #avgeek

The Concorde was the first and only successful supersonic airliner to sustain regularly scheduled service. This image was posted on December 01, 2023.

Many of the assemblages in the Unknown Museum were conceived as conceptual art, inviting people to embark on their own unique “personal scavenger hunt.” 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. This image was posted on November 30, 2023. #unknownmuseum #mickeymcgowan #bayarea #bayareahistory

On November 29, 1935, the inaugural transpacific Pan American Airways airmail service landed in Manila from California carrying 110,865 letters. This image was posted on November 29, 2023. #52objects #chinaclipper #avgeek

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.

“I ask for the movement to continue, for the movement to grow, …because last week I got a phone call from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and my election gave somebody else, one more person, hope. This image was posted on November 27, 2023.