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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.

#Onthisday in 1919, KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V., or KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) was founded. The company is the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. Have you ever flown on KLM? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 07, 2020.

See “California (1)” by #JamesChronister online at: https://t.co/DzElb8zO07 #publicart #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 06, 2020.

Back at the studio, #JamesChronister searched the many photos to find an image with the perfect balance of movement, rhythm, space, and “an energy akin to music.” #publicart #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 06, 2020.

#JamesChronister approached making “California (1)” by first hiking in the Bodega Bay area of Northern California and taking hundreds of color photos of the terrain. #publicart #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 06, 2020.

Construction of a new terminal (now Terminal 2) at @flysfo began #onthsiday in 1951. Designed in the International Style, the 7-story building employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. Have you ever flown out of Terminal 2? #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 05, 2020.

This week on #SFOMat40: In 1993, we presented “Living In Balance”which featured objects of art created from recycled or reused materials. Do you remember this exhibition? #MuseumFromHome #TBTSFOM This tweet was posted on October 01, 2020.

Introduced by Pan American World Airways in 1970, the Boeing 747-100 was the first of a new breed of jetliner, the “wide-body,” which ultimately revolutionized the airline industry. The new wide-body was twice the size of the Boeing 707 shown here. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on September 30, 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.

See “Eclectic Taste: Victorian Silver Plate” online at https://t.co/S32Y1mThfT #VictorianSilverPlate #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on September 28, 2020.

One of the many offerings by the Meriden Britannia Company, this fanciful card receiver features a fairy driving a chariot that is being pulled by a robin and includes a glass vase for an additional floral decoration. #VictorianSilverPlate #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on September 28, 2020.

During the 1850s, the Meriden Britannia Company perfected mass-manufacturing techniques for electroplating metal items with silver plate, advertising “all the advantages of silver in durability and beauty at one-fifth the cost.” #VictorianSilverPlate #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on September 28, 2020.