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Young grasshoppers and roaches, called nymphs, look like adult grasshoppers and roaches, but without wings. The wings begin to develop on the outside of the body in older nymphs, rather than inside a pupa. #IntriguingInsects This tweet was posted on September 06, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1938, Pan American Airways signed a ten-year lease for a base at Treasure Island. In 1935, Pan Am inaugurated the world’s first transoceanic service with service to Asia from its base at Alameda on San Francisco Bay, then moved to Treasure Island in 1939. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 22, 2019.
#SamFrancis began painting while hospitalized at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco. This commissioned painting in Terminal 3 is a good example of the artist’s signature stained and dripped “cells” of saturated color. See "Untitled", post-security, in T3. https://t.co/O83zRrCo58 This tweet was posted on August 24, 2019.
@bondgirlboots Thanks so much for stopping by! We hope you enjoyed our exhibition "The Modern Consumer: Products and Style!" Did you have a favorite object? https://t.co/A9goh76A5o This tweet was posted on August 22, 2019.
Zuber et Cie’s mural-like wallpapers transformed rooms. Generating a set of scenic wallpaper requires anywhere from over one hundred to several thousand printing blocks to create a scenic paper set. #ZuberScenicWallpaper This tweet was posted on August 23, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1954, the new Central Terminal (now Terminal 2) at San Francisco International Airport was dedicated during a three-day ceremony. The event drew hundreds of thousands of visitors. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 27, 2019.
Exposure to Ancient Egypt inspired the Egyptian Revival, a design style that permeated western decorative arts and furniture in the nineteenth century. In furniture, Egyptian Revival pieces rarely comprised a full suite; rather they served as statement pieces. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on August 27, 2019.
RT @airandspace: This #WomensEqualityDay, let's celebrate Bessie Coleman. In a time before women were supposed to fly airplanes, before Am… This tweet was posted on August 26, 2019.
This morning, two of our curators are giving a tour to the volunteers of the @deyoungmuseum and @legionofhonor. Thank you so much to the volunteers Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco for coming all the way out to the airport! This tweet was posted on August 27, 2019.
“The Intriguing World of Insects” features over one thousand specimens from the Essig Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Berkeley. The Essig Museum is home to a collection of over 5,000,000 terrestrial arthropods. #IntriguingInsects This tweet was posted on August 31, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1930, the City and County of San Francisco began purchasing Mills Field and the surrounding property. San Francisco agreed to a ten-year purchasing program with the Mills Estate to acquire 1,112 acres. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1971, the first Douglas DC-10 service started at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). United’s McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was the first of the three-engine, or tri-jet, wide-body airliners to arrive at SFO. Have you ever flown on a Douglas DC-10? #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 14, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1958, Pan American World Airlines received the first of eight Boeing 707-120s. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 15, 2019.
Bob Stocksdale had a masterful talent for revealing dramatic patterns hidden below the surface of rare wood. A self-educated craftsman, Stocksdale honed his woodworking techniques through decades of experience, constantly fine-tuning simple-yet-elegant forms. #CaliforniaCrafts This tweet was posted on August 13, 2019.
From 1939 to 1999 the CA Insect Survey generated a large number of specimens which represent the terrestrial arthropod fauna of the state, and the collection has served as a repository for the research collections of students of systematics at UC Berkeley. #IntriguingInsects This tweet was posted on August 31, 2019.
Greenleaf TK-8 is a Title 1 Oakland public school grounded in diverse community relationships. Art allows Greenleaf students a means to communicate through creative expression. #StudentArt This tweet was posted on August 18, 2019.
Louis Comfort Tiffany left a prodigious mark on American glass and decorative arts during his career. Although Tiffany’s name is most often associated with his work in the medium of glass, he began his career as an interior designer during the late 1870s. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on August 14, 2019.
Our conservators are working on a months-long project to restore this United Air Lines DC-8 model. Several of the passengers’ missing parts were recast by our conservators from the remaining intact figures. This tweet was posted on August 12, 2019.
The colors in #ZuberScenicWallpaper are stopping passengers and employees in their tracks! Come and check out these vibrant hand-printed wallpapers in the Main Hall of the International Terminal. Bonus: we're free and open 24-hours a day! This tweet was posted on August 16, 2019.
Where would you like to go this summer? Us? We’re dreaming of a beachside vacation! Image: Delta Air Lines poster, Florida, 1980s. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges. 2015.109.044 . . . #TravelTuesday #Florida #Delta #1980s #graphicdesign #poster #vacationstyle This tweet was posted on August 13, 2019.
Its #NationalRadioDay! Mid-century radios were available in a variety of bold shapes and angular designs. What has been your favorite radio that you have owned? "The Modern Consumer: Products and Style" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/A9goh7obtY This tweet was posted on August 20, 2019.
RT @FAANews: Today is #NationalAviationDay, which commemorates Orville Wright's birthday! The #WrightBrothers paved a whole new path that c… This tweet was posted on August 19, 2019.
The Xerces blue butterfly, first described in 1852, once graced the sand dunes of San Francisco’s shoreline, but went extinct in the 1940s as a result of urban development. #IntriguingInsects This tweet was posted on August 21, 2019.
Do you like to plan in advance like we do? We have a brand new feature on our website for upcoming exhibitions! Find out what exciting exhibitions we have in store! https://t.co/6eNWb3deMP This tweet was posted on August 03, 2019.
It’s summer and do you know what that means?! Summer interns! This year, our interns are processing new acquisitions for our collections and performing a collections inventory. #behindthescenes #museummonday This tweet was posted on August 05, 2019.
NOW PLAYING: “Mamoon" by Ben Steer. London-based filmmaker Ben Steer presents the story of a woman and her son fleeing through a dizzying landscape of towers and tiers in “Mamoon”, which was inspired by reports of the Syrian refugee crisis. #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/r2olcv9miJ This tweet was posted on August 05, 2019.
Harvey Milk was a human rights leader, a groundbreaking political luminary, and a seminal figure of the LGBTQ rights movement. "#HarveyMilk: Messenger of Hope," will be on view, post-security, in the Harvey Milk Terminal 1 until 2021. https://t.co/eGYmHG2jQP #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on August 08, 2019.
Leonardo Drew’s work is a multi-layered installation spanning 3 walls. Comprised of hundreds of sculptural components, the installation can be identified as letters of an alphabet that create a narrative. See “Number 69S” by Leonardo Drew, on display, post-security in Terminal 1. https://t.co/j1tECVisMN This tweet was posted on August 10, 2019.
More than surreal landscapes, #AlejandroDurán’s images serve as a reminder of the dire consequences of worldwide environmental pollution. This tweet was posted on August 11, 2019.
Perhaps the most streamlined iron design to enter the market was the 1941 Petipoint, designed by Clifford Brooks Stevens and Edward P. Schreyer with a pointed teardrop shape, wing-like projections, and a curved handle with speed lines. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on August 07, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1909, Louis Blériot successfully landed his plane in Dover, England, after flying from Calais, France. This became the first crossing of the English Channel in a heavier-than-air mechanical aircraft. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 25, 2019.
#RichardNeutra’s tubular aluminum chair featured a simple, clean aluminum frame that suggested the sweptback, teardrop shapes of aircraft and came with removable seat and back cushions. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on July 26, 2019.
Born into a family of cabinetmakers from Germany, Anthony Kimbel (1822–95) came to the United States in the 1840s. Around 1862, Kimbel began working with French-born Joseph Cabus (1824–98). The duo began making Modern Gothic furnishings in the 1870s. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on July 29, 2019.
RT @flySFO: Take a look at the first Southwest flight 1701 arriving from Chicago to the new #HarveyMilkTerminal1 Monday night! #SFOGrandOpe… This tweet was posted on July 25, 2019.
Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) was a revered Bay Area artist who worked in sculpture and created a handful of functional objects. After a trip to Mexico, she was inspired by looped wire basketry used to store produce and eggs in the marketplace. #CaliforniaCrafts This tweet was posted on July 25, 2019.
NOW PLAYING: " King of the Night" by LonelyLeap. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian refugees, Imad Khachan, found a way to create his own while operating NYC’s last chess shop as a welcoming place to sit, converse, and create community. https://t.co/n9avSLDdUN #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/svI2k3BQKU This tweet was posted on July 31, 2019.