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Happy birthday, United! Did you know that both United Airlines and Continental Airlines both trace their founding to one man? Walter T. Varney, a flight school and air taxi operator from San Francisco, founded Varney Air Lines, which began airmail service #onthisday in 1926. This tweet was posted on April 06, 2023.

Harvey Milk made history in 1977 when he became the first openly gay elected official in CA. In 1978, Mayor Moscone signed a gay rights ordinance authored by Supervisor Milk banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment and housing in SF. #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on April 07, 2023.

Our newest exhibition “Remain Seated: Airliner Passenger Chairs,” is now on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. Chronicling airline passenger seating from its modest origins in the 1920s, the exhibit takes us through almost a century of the passenger seat. #AirlinerChairs This tweet was posted on April 10, 2023.

San Francisco-based director Dana Frankoff profiles a 90-year-old Balinese fisherman who collects plastic from the ocean in hopes of being able to fish again, inspiring us to play our part so we can accomplish something greater than ourselves. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO #EarthMonth This tweet was posted on April 06, 2023.

The costumes, though cut and tailored in a Western style, possess an African influence in their colors and patterns. For the women’s dresses, Woodall chose a silk satin material, so the dancers would feel the movement of the fabric on their legs. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #Ballet This tweet was posted on April 05, 2023.

When designing for 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢, a ballet that fuses European and African music and dance, Oakland-born costume and set designer Sandra Woodall applied the same cultural fusion in her vibrant designs for the ballet. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #Ballet This tweet was posted on April 05, 2023.

American soprano Dorothy Kirsten started her performing arts career as a radio singer at WINS-New York. In October 1947, Kirsten debuted in a leading role at San Francisco Opera in French composer Gustave Charpentier’s 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦. #SFOperaCentennial This tweet was posted on April 14, 2023.

California Arts & Architecture began in 1929 as a magazine for residential design featuring a wide range of styles. When it declared bankruptcy in 1938, the magazine was purchased by John Entenza who transformed it into a modernist haven for design. #CaliforniaModernistWomen This tweet was posted on April 12, 2023.

Dorothy Kirsten celebrated her twenty-fifth anniversary with San Francisco Opera on November 28, 1970, with a live broadcast of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s 𝘛𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘢, the first radio transmission from the company in twenty-four years. #SFOperaCentennial This tweet was posted on April 14, 2023.

During San Francisco Opera’s 1954 season, Kirsten sang as Manon Lescaut in Massenet’s 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 on September 28 and in Los Angeles on October 24, followed by a Metropolitan Opera production on February 2, 1955. #SFOperaCentennial This tweet was posted on April 14, 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 April 11, 2023.

Harvey Milk Terminal 1 passengers, have you seen “Hyper-Natural Bay Area” by artist Robert Minervini? The mosaic considers what defining characteristics make a city distinctive and offers a window onto Minervini’s version of San Francisco. #PublicArt @SFAC This tweet was posted on April 13, 2023.

Learn more about San Francisco Opera’s history in our exhibition “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration,” which is on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/IfqCjTrTVx #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera #SFOpera #Opera This tweet was posted on April 14, 2023.

Native and exotic plant life, along with vessels and other forms represent the many cultures and people that shape the Bay Area as a unique place. #PublicArt #RobertMinervini @SFAC © Ethan Kaplan Photography This tweet was posted on April 13, 2023.

There is still time to sign up for our monthly post-security Opera tours. Every first Tuesday of the month at 10am, we will lead a group of visitors past security to see “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration!” Sign up here: https://t.co/BTtcSXdt9g #SFOperaCentennial https://t.co/CrGERmr1rw This tweet was posted on April 11, 2023.

After an unsuccessful search for a modern wedding band, De Patta resolved to make her own ring—which ignited an interest in jewelry design that changed her trajectory as an artist. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #MargaretDePatta This tweet was posted on April 21, 2023.

JAL introduced the Boeing 747 widebody in 1970. During this decade, JAL offered its passengers premium meal services on ceramic dishware created by Noritake of Japan featuring either a single crane or a flock of cranes in blue. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 19, 2023.

More than a Meal: Airline Meal Service Sets, 1960s–80s” is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/RZvuSbD00G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on April 19, 2023.

📸: 1. poster: Federal Express; 1970s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2001.135.009 2. model airplane: Federal Express, Dassault Mystere-Falcon 20; 1980s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 1999.061.082 a b This tweet was posted on April 17, 2023.

A small gold circle indicates the location of the Grand Hyatt Hotel and San Francisco International Airport. Visitors are encouraged to explore the surrounding natural wonders. #EarthMonth #EllenHarvey #PublicArt #mosaic This tweet was posted on April 25, 2023.

De Patta apprenticed as a jeweler for two months in 1929 and then set out on her own, studying books on jewelry-making and experimenting with unconventional metals and gemstones. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #MargaretDePatta This tweet was posted on April 21, 2023.

Do you remember “I Love You, California: A Natural History”? Check it out online at: https://t.co/L3btndkpmn This tweet was posted on April 27, 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 April 24, 2023.

In 2015, we presented “I Love You, California: A Natural History,” which celebrated the flora and fauna of California state. #EarthMonth #TBT #ILoveYouCA This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.

The first Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial passenger jet, took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 2005. The double-decker aircraft has a wingspan of 261 feet (78 meters) and a maximum seating capacity of over 800 passengers. #Airbus #A380 #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.

“Green Map” by Ellen Harvey inverts the traditional idea of a map to highlight the region’s green space. #EarthMonth #EllenHarvey #PublicArt #mosaic This tweet was posted on April 25, 2023.

“When I was tiny kid I just wanted to grow up to be a husband and a father, but in that time and place it was completely impossible. So the notion that I have those things in my life now is nothing short of miraculous.” - Louis #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on April 24, 2023.

How much information can you squeeze on to a matchbook cover? Continental Air Lines took on the challenge in the 1950s. #52Objects This tweet was posted on May 01, 2023.

On the same day, British Airways launched its much-anticipated Concorde service from London’s Heathrow Airport to the Kingdom of Bahrain. This Concorde flight lasted just over four hours. The same route required more than six hours in a subsonic airliner. #SSTTimeMachine #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.

With one refueling stop in Dakar, the inaugural Air France Concorde flight required just seven hours. A nonstop flight on a subsonic Boeing 747 during this time required more than eleven hours. #SSTTimeMachine #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.

📸: poster: Airbus A380; 2007 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2007.093.007.001-.002 https://t.co/4dR8k66CG9 model airplane: Emirates Airline, Airbus A380-800; 2014 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2014.167.042 a b https://t.co/ytAOpT8XmC This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.

Colombian-Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (b. 1973) trained at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, Belgium. She danced for twelve years before becoming a choreographer in 2003. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #Ballet This tweet was posted on May 01, 2023.

Joyce Hsu is a Bay Area artist best known for her mechanized creatures that inhabit a fantasy world of the artist’s creation. #JoyceHsu #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.

See "Namoo House” by Joyce Hsu post-security in International Terminal A and online at: https://t.co/BNpmPynPvd #JoyceHsu #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.

The graphic background is a stylized aerial view of SFO’s runways and terminals. The flowers and insects are reminiscent of model airplanes coming in for a landing. #JoyceHsu #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.

“Namoo” is a Korean word that implies nature. The title of “Namoo House” by Joyce Hsu suggests that the airport fuses science, nature, and imagination to become the transit home for all travelers. #JoyceHsu #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.