@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged MuseumFromHome
This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account.
There are 284 posts
and this is page 6 of 24.
See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.
#Onthisday in 1947, Howard Hughes embarked on a test - and only - flight of the huge Hughes H-4 Hercules (nicknamed the Spruce Goose) to prove that it, the largest wooden plane ever built, could fly. The prototype now resides on display in the @EvergreenMuseum. #MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on November 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#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 29, 2020.
Nine days after their first ever service, Pan American Airways’ first scheduled mail service departed from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, #onthisday in 1927. The aircraft, was a Fokker F-VIIa/3m. #avgeek#PanAm#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 28, 2020.
Here, #ClareRojas transforms the wall in the International Terminal, near gate G91, into a space more reminiscent of home. Blue Deer is based on a children’s book Rojas wrote and illustrated, “Blue Deer and Red Fox”. https://t.co/2jKzkGw74r #publicart#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 27, 2020.
Inspired by American folk art, quilting, and storytelling, Clare Rojas creates dreamlike images executed in tightly drawn, crystalline shapes. “Blue Deer” by #ClareRojas is online at: https://t.co/2jKzkGw74r #MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 27, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1958, the first scheduled Pan American World Airways jet service took off from Idlewild, New York. Flying to Paris, Pan Am carried 111 passengers across the Atlantic. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #avgeek#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 26, 2020.
#OnThisDay in 1974, the Concorde landed at SFO. This brief visit was part of a promotional tour to airports around the world. The Concorde was in service between 1976 and 2003. Did you ever fly on a Concorde? #avgeek#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 21, 2020.
This is your last week to see “Extra ’O’!: African Barbershop and Hairdressing Signs.” Hand-painted barbershop and hairdressing signs are a vibrant form of African folk art in the form of advertising. What is your favorite sign? #ExtraO#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 20, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2001, we presented “Chicken or the Egg” which featured items relating to the popularity of chickens, roosters, and eggs. Do you remember this exhibition? #MuseumFromHome#TBTSFOMThis tweet was posted on October 15, 2020.
Bonnie Jones Moon worked for #PanAm from 1972 to 1989. Of her time with #PAA, she says she loved, “being part of a flight attendant corps that included so many smart, resourceful, funny, educated, sophisticated, dedicated, talented, and committed women and men.” #MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 14, 2020.
On October 11, 2016, @flySFO’s new air traffic control tower was officially put into operation. It stands 221 feet tall and was built to withstand lightning strikes and a magnitude 8 earthquake. #SFOHistory#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 09, 2020.