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This week on #SFOMat40: In 2001, we presented "#Origami: The Art of Paper Folding" featuring birds, fish, airplanes, rockets, and fantasy creatures made by students in after-school programs at Everett Middle School and Marshall Elementary School in SF. #TBTSFOM #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on March 19, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2001, we presented “Eames Connection” celebrating Charles & Ray Eames. Their philosophy was practical & personal, characterized by a drive to bring good design & modern products to the general public. Do you remember this exhibit? #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on September 10, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2008, we presented “Young Eyes on the Skies: The Golden Age of Aviation Toys” which featured aviation toys from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, made of cast iron, pressed steel and tin. Do you remember this exhibition? #MuseumFromHome #TBTSFOM This tweet was posted on November 05, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2009, we presented “Pacific Coast League: The West Coast’s Major League 1903–1957” featuring sports memorabilia such as jerseys, balls, bats, and shoes, and historic photographs. Do you miss sports as much as we do? #TBTSFOM #MuseumFromHome #OpeningDay This tweet was posted on July 23, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2012, we presented “From Repack to Rwanda, The Origins, Evolution and Global Reach of the #MountainBike” which featured 40 years of innovation by Bay Area designers and builders. #TBTSFOM #MuseumFromHome https://t.co/sYEIXvwktj This tweet was posted on April 16, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2013, we presented "Airline Identity: Marks, Brands and Logos" which focused on airline marketing designs and included objects like airline wall signs, aircraft models, and flight bags. https://t.co/DzWNiy6tuY #TBTSFOM #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on November 19, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2013, we presented “Souvenirs: Tokens of Travel,” which featured objects found in souvenir shops around the world. Do you remember this exhibition? https://t.co/e79BCCvfWk #SFOMat40 #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on September 17, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2013, we presented, “From Ship to Shore: Nautical Arts from the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park" (@SFMaritimeNPS) featuring nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sea-inspired artifacts. https://t.co/XOIdgkXiKp #TBTSFOM #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 02, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2014, we presented “#Doors: Entryways to World Cultures from the @FowlerMuseum at @UCLA which featured house, ceremonial, tomb, and palace doors from various cultures. Do you remember this exhibition? https://t.co/9STHz3HHz0 #TBTSFOM #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 29, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2015, we presented “Catch Our Style: California Regional Airlines 1950s–1980s” which featured objects from airlines such as PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), Air California, and Pacific Air Lines. https://t.co/OogQHquVtN #TBTSFOM #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on December 03, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2015, we presented “Classic Monsters: The Kirk Hammett Collection” which featured dozens of objects from Universal’s monster movies from the 1920s to the 1950s. Do you remember this exhibition? https://t.co/ALsJQ6xOrW #KirksMonsters #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on August 06, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2015, we presented “Egyptian Revival: An Everlasting Allure” which featured one hundred years of Egyptian-inspired objects from nineteenth-century mantel clocks to ornate #Victorian table stands. https://t.co/ULgIRhxLiA #MuseumFromHome #TBTSFOM This tweet was posted on October 08, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2016, we presented “A Modern Approach: Mid-Century Design,” which featured mid-century studio art, graphic design, and manufactured goods from the 1930s to the 1960s. Do you remember this exhibition? https://t.co/Qmwrw44laW #MuseumFromHome #TBTSFOM This tweet was posted on September 29, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2018, we presented “A Legacy of Pride: Gilbert Baker and the 40th Anniversary of the Rainbow Flag” featuring a rainbow flag sewn by Gilbert Baker, the original designer of what has now become the universal symbol of queer pride. #TBTSFOM #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on July 09, 2020.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of #GoldenGatePark. In partnership with @RecParkSF, @SFParksAlliance, & @SFPublicLibrary, we are proud to present an exhibition of historical photographs by R.J. Waters (1856–1937) from between 1896-1902. #GGP150 #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on July 20, 2020.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Photographer R.J. Waters documented daily life in Golden Gate Park between 1896 and 1902. Have you ever been to Golden Gate Park? https://t.co/avMBsE9xHv #MuseumFromHome #GGP #GGP150 This tweet was posted on September 04, 2020.
This year marks the 60th year of #Lufthansa serving SFO. Lufthansa, the flag carrier of Germany, traces its history back to 1926. The airline’s first service to SFO departed from Frankfurt on May 13, 1960 and returned to Germany the next day. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 14, 2020.
To create #PanAm’s transpacific layovers, #onthisday in 1935, the North Haven set sail, carefully loaded in sequence with 2 pre-fab villages, 5 air bases, 250,000 gallons of fuel, barges, tractors, generators, and 50 ft timbers to build radio towers. #ChinaClipper #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 03, 2020.
To promote its widebody-operator status, Continental Airlines introduced a new line of uniforms in 1970. Stewardesses were offered a choice of several ensembles. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 12, 2020.
Today is #WorldBookDay. Our exhibition #OnSilentWings showcases books on gliding from our library of over 8,000 books, magazines and periodicals on aviation. See it online: https://t.co/ref512gQDn What have you been reading at home? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 23, 2020.
Today is #WorldPhotoDay! Did you know that we have a comprehensive photography program? With nine dedicated photography galleries around the airport, you’re never far from art at the airport. https://t.co/CLvpA0dCMZ #photography #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on August 19, 2020.
Today the International Terminal turns 20! Officially opened to the public #onthisday in 2000, it was part of the largest public works project in Northern California at the time. What are your favorite memories of our International Terminal? #MuseumFromHome #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on December 10, 2020.
Touchstones in #MargaretKillgallen’s work are the monikers and images that stand in for the unsung heroines of overlooked subcultures, women whose triumphs were on the fringes of the mainstream. #MuseumFromHome #5WomenArtists This tweet was posted on March 24, 2020.
Two things we love: commercial aviation and hearing from YOU! What’s your first memory of flying? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA), air hostess with mother and baby in sleeping berth, c. 1936. Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International. 2002.113.331 This tweet was posted on April 24, 2020.
Under the wing of a Stearman 4D, these two aviatrixes, clad in aviator helmets and goggles, were part of an air show held at SFO on November 20, 1932. The show featured races, acrobatics, and stunts. #WomenInAviation #MuseumFromHome #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 20, 2020.
United Air Lines flight attendant Judy Meyer remembers, “We had a fake wedding ceremony on the way over. All kinds of silly stuff to keep their minds off where they were going.” #freedombird #Avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 28, 2020.
United Air Lines received its first 747-100 on June 26, 1970, and a month later launched 747 service from San Francisco to Honolulu. United began to hire male stewards in 1970 for Hawai’i service only. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on June 01, 2020.
United Air Lines’ 747 featured a spacious first-class cabin with a spiral staircase that led up to a first-class lounge, branded as the “Red Carpet Room” and furnished with captain’s chairs, wrap-around couches, and a back wall mural. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on June 01, 2020.
Using the language of cartography, “Strangerhood” by #LordyRodriguez features maps depicting six iconic San Francisco neighborhoods reimagined as independent countries. #publicart #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 12, 2021.
Using the slow and often arduous processes of gum bichromate and cyanotype, #PaulaRiff produces unique analog prints that imagine the universe through the world of abstraction. Riff pushes back against photography’s ability to reproduce reality. #photography #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on December 02, 2020.
Victorian silver plate designers often combined elements of Gothic, Rococo, and Italian Renaissance styles with Greek and Egyptian Revival influences to create contemporary interpretations of historical styles. #VictorianSilverPlate #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on September 14, 2020.
Vietnam veterans recall flights into combat zones as an isolating and disorienting experience. These feelings made the efforts of the flight attendants critical. Flight attendants remember the passengers being very respectful to them. #FreedomBird #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 15, 2020.
Want to learn more about the Douglas World Cruiser “New Orleans”? It’s now in the collection of the @museumofflying and you can read about its epic historic adventure on their website: https://t.co/BcC6RCcmle . #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 04, 2020.
We’re hoping that our collection can help to spread a little sunshine! Check out these travel posters from National Airlines, whose logo was a two-toned sun. Did you ever fly on #NationalAirlines? #avgeek #MuseumSunshine #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 21, 2020.
What was happening #onthisday in 1970 at the airport? This photograph taken by Marshall Moxom shows the entrance road and directional signs at San Francisco International Airport. Do you remember this entrance? #FlashbackFriday #SFOHistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on August 07, 2020.
What was the museum up to while International Terminal A has been closed? We did some housekeeping! Cleaning “Salty Peanuts” by Mildred Howard took our crew of two over four hours to complete. International Terminal side A reopens tomorrow! #MuseumFromHome #MuseumMonday https://t.co/YqGixHpXWe This tweet was posted on August 31, 2020.