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Do you ever wonder how SFO Museum creates our exhibitions? For the initial layout stage, armed with a list of objects, our exhibition designer and curators decide on how objects will be placed to tell a cohesive story. #behindthescenes #SFCityoftheWorld This tweet was posted on September 24, 2024.
Kudos to our exhibition design team! Stay tuned to see more behind the scenes from our upcoming exhibition, “San Francisco: City of the World!” #behindthescenes #SFCityoftheWorld This tweet was posted on September 24, 2024.
Then, our exhibition designer begins working on the layout of the objects. This includes considering the height of an object in relation to other objects, its angle, and what pieces should be grouped together on platforms or risers. #behindthescenes #SFCityoftheWorld This tweet was posted on September 24, 2024.
FREE EVENT: Come join museum staff and special guest Benjamin Barrett, Bixby descendant and family historian, for a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the remarkable Harold M. Bixby Collection! WHEN: Saturday, December 9, 2023. 1:30–3:00 PM WHERE: Aviation Museum and Library This tweet was posted on November 28, 2023.
What’s happening at the museum? We’re hard at work preparing for an upcoming exhibition celebrating the centennial of @SFOpera. Featuring 10 costumes, our preparators have created mannequins that specially fit each costume. #SFOperaCentennial #BehindTheScenes #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
Before any objects go on display, they receive a thorough inspection from our conservator. Our upcoming exhibition, celebrating the centennial of San Francisco Opera (@SFOpera) features different 10 costumes. Stay tuned for more #BehindTheScenes! #SFOperaCentennial #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on November 07, 2022.
Sometimes after objects go on display, they need a little love. Our 1:10 scale model Douglas DC-8 received attention after a piece of the interior wall detached. Our conservator promptly performed the necessary maintenance. #MuseumMonday #BehindTheScenes This tweet was posted on November 21, 2022.
What’s going on at the museum? We’re preparing for our newest exhibition celebrating the San Francisco Ballet. Featuring objects from San Francisco Ballet, our preparators are making mounts for pointe shoes, essential footwear for a dancer. #behindthescenes #ballet @sfballet This tweet was posted on February 13, 2023.
It’s happening!! The long-awaited re-opening of our Aviation Museum and Library will take place next week, Wednesday, June 1st at 10am! https://t.co/XXIZF4gCA6 #AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
Some of the final objects to be reinstalled are model aircraft suspended from the ceiling. Our preparators took great care in re-hanging models of the Pan Am Clipper (a Sikorsky S-42) and the China Clipper (a Martin M-130). #AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
The Aviation Museum and Library will reopen Wednesday, June 1st at 10am. We can’t wait to welcome you in! https://t.co/XXIZF4gCA6 #AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
Fosshape is a non-woven material that’s soft and pliable until heat or steam is applied, which causes its form to fix while retaining its soft surface. #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on April 01, 2022.
Our upcoming exhibit on piña lace, a Philippine textile made from pineapple fiber, presented our preparators with the challenge of how to safely display these delicate works of art. They came up with the perfect, conservator-approved solution: Fosshape. #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on April 01, 2022.
What’s happening at the museum? Last week, we posted about our conservator-approved non-woven material, Fosshape, for our upcoming piña lace exhibition. Our preparators have create these displays and used this material to lay the delicate fabric. #behindthescenes #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on April 05, 2022.
Get a sneak peek at “From Pineapple to Piña” here: https://t.co/lViMDuFDIc #behindthescenes #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on April 05, 2022.
The work requires assembling, documenting, photographing, and disassembling the models. This particular aircraft is a remote controlled 1:3.5 scale model of a Davis D-1 with a functional radial engine. #BehindtheScenes #AvGeek #MuseumMonday #MuseumLife This tweet was posted on November 22, 2021.
What’s happening at the museum? Our collections team is inventorying and surveying a group of model aircraft in our collection – some of which are quite large! #BehindtheScenes #AvGeek #MuseumMonday #MuseumLife This tweet was posted on November 22, 2021.
What’s going on at the museum? For our new exhibition on Victorian wallpaper, Heidi Wright Mead came over to help us install wallpapers. The wallpapers were provided by Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers (@BradburyWalls). #VictorianPaperedWall #behindthescenes #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on October 07, 2021.
What’s going on at the museum? Our conservator is cleaning a few objects for our upcoming exhibition "The Victorian Papered Wall". This object, a bust of a woman, needed some light cleaning before going on display. Stay tuned for more #behindthescenes updates! #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
Wondering why the Aviation Museum & Library remain closed? Our recent blog post shares exciting details of the Museum’s renovation, as well as behind-the-scenes images of work to deinstall and protect the objects within. Read more: https://t.co/inXay9LBsM #BehindTheScenes This tweet was posted on September 20, 2021.
Here, we pack a slide rule into a foam-lined tray using foam blocks and sheets, tissue paper, and metal pins – which are all saved and reused for other packing jobs. Stay tuned for more #behindthescenes content from SFO Museum! #MuseumMonday #MathAtSFO #SneakPeek This tweet was posted on July 26, 2021.
What’s going on in the museum? We’re packing objects for our upcoming exhibition #MathAtSFO. Our workshops aren’t in the terminals, so we must prepare objects for the short journey over from our building. #behindthescenes #SneakPeek #MuseumMonday This tweet was posted on July 26, 2021.
New blog alert! What can museums do to be sustainable? A lot, it turns out. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at our program and efforts to minimize our environmental impact on Planet Earth: https://t.co/H96mScenuR Got additional ideas for us? Let us know! This tweet was posted on May 24, 2021.
We have over 1,700 model aircraft in our collection! It’s not enough to collect and exhibit them, though. Check out this video of our conservator demonstrating how we preserve and conserve these important collection objects: https://t.co/HUr81TLd6k #BehindTheScenes #MuseumMonday This tweet was posted on January 19, 2021.
What's happening at the museum? We're working hard on our newest exhibition! Can you guess what the subject is? #sneakpeek #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on December 10, 2020.
Ever wonder what goes into creating an exhibition at SFO Museum? Our Curator Daniel wrote a behind-the-scenes blog post about his work on “Surf’s Up: Instrumental Rock ‘n’ Roll”. Check it out here: https://t.co/ifGZHksyeZ #InstrumentalSurf #MuseumFromHome #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on December 21, 2020.
Can you imagine cleaning over 5,000 three-by-three inch canvases? Twice a year, one of our wonderful staffers takes a few sessions, with a cumulative time of 24 hours, to clean “Gateway” by #IkJoongKang. #behindthescenes #MuseumMonday #MuseumFromHome https://t.co/WTJ6HV7jqz https://t.co/b0faJa4Wbf This tweet was posted on November 30, 2020.
We have liftoff! 'Pan Am' gets a lift from SFO Museum: http://t.co/a6JQrAig Check out the behind-the-scenes pics of our collection! This tweet was posted on October 20, 2011.
Great read! RT @deyoungmuseum: We've posted @WillaK's behind-the-scenes #MuseumOlympics post up on our blog! Check it: http://t.co/Ik3z2KbN This tweet was posted on August 14, 2012.
Among the recent changes at the Airport, one of our student art galleries now features photographic details of model aircraft from our collection. #avgeek #BehindTheScenes #museummonday #MuseumFromHome #modelaircraft This tweet was posted on August 10, 2020.
In advance of construction work at the Aviation Museum & Library, our team has been busy with the deinstallation of our long-term exhibition on the China Clipper. Stay tuned for more updates! #MuseumMonday #BehindTheScenes #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on July 27, 2020.
Our graphic designer, Jon, checks the printed labels for color corrections for our newest exhibition “Extra ’O’! African Barbershop and Hairdressing Signs!” See it soon, post-security in Terminal 2. Stay tuned for more #BehindTheScenes content from the museum! #sneakpeek #ExtraO This tweet was posted on February 19, 2020.
What did it take to mount and install the thirty-two lengths of wallpaper that make up the complete set of Zuber’s “Les Vues d’Amérique du Nord (Views of North America)”? A lot! Check out this behind-the-scenes video of #ZuberScenicWallpaper. https://t.co/p8C5wV7wzh This tweet was posted on October 02, 2019.
What’s happening at the museum? We’re preparing for our newest exhibition, “Flying The Freedom Birds: Airlines And The #Vietnam War.” Stay tuned for more #behindthescenes from the museum! #FreedomBirds #avgeek #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on September 11, 2019.
What's going on in the museum? Currently we are preparing for our next exhibition, “Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s”. #avgeek #widebodyAV #sneakpeek #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on September 06, 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.