Happy Holidays from SFO Museum. The Aviation Museum is closed today to observe Christmas. Check out our other exhibits around the airport!
This tweet was posted on December 25, 2016.
Happy Labor Day! Thank you to all of the essential workers who keep SFO running smoothly and safely, both now and over our past ninety-three years.
Image: San Francisco International Airport (SFO). late 1960s. 2011.032.0633
#MuseumFromHome #avgeek #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on September 07, 2020.
Happy New Year from SFO Museum! As 2020 winds down, what are your wishes for 2021?
TranStar Airlines brochure
c. 1986
SFO Museum Collection
Gift of David Winckoski
2011.195.075
#avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on December 31, 2020.
Happy birthday to the 747! Boeing introduced the plane today in 1968. To celebrate, a 1970 takeoff from SFO: http://t.co/CfPgpHjr #avgeeks
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2011.
Have a great weekend!! If your traveling through SFO be sure to check out the many free exhibits. http://t.co/swH7D3XS
This tweet was posted on November 04, 2011.
Have you been to SFO’s new #SkyTerrace? Our exhibition, “The 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal” is on display featuring historical objects, such as the first automatic doors at SFO, from the Central Terminal, which is now Terminal 2. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on March 06, 2020.
Have you had any favorites over the years? MT @mskCisco: You know you're a freq traveler when you look forward to the museum exhibit @ SFO.
This tweet was posted on September 10, 2012.
Have you heard? SFO Museum is hiring! Check out the link below! https://t.co/cy83h93Uuw
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2019.
Hey, that's us! : ) RT @ctz: Terminal 3 at SFO has this really cool television history museum thing going on http://t.co/u8Nv55OT
This tweet was posted on October 11, 2011.
Hired by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in 1942 as an air traffic controller in Salt Lake City, she transferred to San Francisco in 1946 and became the first female air traffic control watch supervisor in the country.
#SFOHistory #avgeek #SFO #SFHistory
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
How about both? :) RT @MakayalaTeam: Awesome Indian deities in stone display at SFO terminal 3 - A classy museum or killer airport, you pick
This tweet was posted on February 15, 2013.
How does the art at SFO stay clean? Through careful work, such as the cleaning our registrars are giving to each of the 5,400 unique tiles that make up Ik-Joong Kang's "Gateway", located in the International Terminal. https://t.co/jQZiX2Jwxk #museummonday
This tweet was posted on November 27, 2017.
I am not a number! I am a free man! RT @ddunstan: Nice.
SFO exhibit shout out to The Prisoner!!!! http://t.co/BYWtGV23
This tweet was posted on January 23, 2012.
If you have SFO memorabilia, souvenirs from past flights, or material from your personal career history and are interested in donating to our program, we would love to hear from you! Let us know by emailing collections@flysfo.com! #avgeek
This tweet was posted on January 09, 2023.
If you're at SFO check out the Aviation Museum Library. There are currently five exhibits on view! http://t.co/lWM2IWIS
This tweet was posted on October 31, 2011.
If you're in Terminal 3, be sure to play with Flight Deck, chock full of info about SFO, San… http://t.co/umA19UWXkK
This tweet was posted on January 29, 2014.
If you’re flying through SFO, treat yourself to our special #ValentinesDay programming in our Video Arts gallery. Four romantic relationships are explored by filmmakers Tomoki Misato, Katy Wang, Tingting Liu, and Åsa Lucander in their animated shorts. https://t.co/DxTr0Su0zZ
This tweet was posted on February 14, 2019.
In 2022, SFO Museum presented "Red Tails at Ramitelli," photographed by Toni Frissell, a photo essay about the Tuskegee Airmen stationed in Italy during World War II. Col. Benjamin O. Davis was photographed in March 1945. https://t.co/knXhxV0UZm
This tweet was posted on June 19, 2023.
In 1947, United set up a full-time operation maintenance base at SFO. Upon completion, over 2,000 employees began work at the 116-acre base.
This tweet was posted on August 17, 2017.
In 1961, SFO Helicopter Airlines, commenced operations with local helicopter flights between San Francisco and Oakland. #TBT #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on August 31, 2017.
In 1961, the Nut Tree Restaurant commissioned its first model by Edward Chavez. Over the next twenty-seven years, from 1961 to 1988, Chavez built twenty-seven models for the restaurant. In 1997, the majority of the collection was acquired by SFO Museum. #ChavezModels
This tweet was posted on January 29, 2020.
In 1962, #SFO ranked as the fourth busiest airport in the U.S. The fleets of jet airliners used by both domestic and international carriers created demands for new boarding area configurations and new terminals. #TBT #SFOhistory
This tweet was posted on August 23, 2018.
In 2021, SFO Museum is starting a new social media segment highlighting a plane of the week. Join us every #WingWednesday for this trip down memory lane, starting with the first heavier-than-air machine-powered aircraft. #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on January 06, 2021.
In June of 1948, San Francisco Airport exceeded one million annual passengers. The airport now serves over 55 million passengers annually. #SFOhistory #SFO
This tweet was posted on June 15, 2018.