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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Jean Louis (1907–1997) entirely re-imagined the 1970 United uniform into an all-season wardrobe for the wide-body jet era. Introduced in 1970, the mix-and-match collection’s base garment is a double-knit jumper in red with a black-trimmed scoop neck. #FashionInFlightFriday

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Colombian filmmaker Laura Steiner’s short dance film takes viewers on a journey through the Colombian capital while meditating on what it takes to navigate Bogotá’s bustling urban life. #VideoArtsSFO

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This model of the Chicago was built by Edward Chavez in 1974. It represents one of the two Douglas World Cruisers that successfully completed the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe. Chavez chose to depict the aircraft in its seaplane configuration, complete with pontoons and support cradle.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lowriding can be a powerful outlet in times of hardship and grief. Lost loved ones are often memorialized by these vehicles. After Paul E. “Paulee” Feliciaño and his wife Vivian lost their daughter Bernadette shortly after birth, he channeled his emotions into building a lowrider bike.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Happy early birthday to Kendall Buster, who was born on September 15, 1954, in Selma, Alabama. “Topograph I & II” consists of two conversant forms suspended on either side of the mezzanine above the departure lobby in Terminal 2. #SFAC #PublicArt #KendallBuster

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Filmmaker Sandra Winther’s short film follows Nathalie Kelley as she returns to her birthplace in the Andes of Peru, guided by echoes of ancestral wisdom alive in the mountains and her childhood memories. #VideoArtsSFO #Yachapa

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Happy Birthday, California! Our great state was admitted into the Union on this day in 1850. What is your favorite thing about California? 📸: poster: Air California; 1970s Gift of David Winckoski 2011.195.154 bit.ly/4gJbXb0 #HappyBirthdayCA

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Poster: Air California. Paper, ink. Gift of David Winckoski, SFO Museum Collection. 2011.195.154.

Poster: Air California is an object and its permanent ID is 1746836673.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For centuries, people have turned to fortune-telling to predict the future, employing a variety of tools. Our newest exhibit, “One Step Beyond” tells the story of humanity’s enduring desire to reach beyond the tangible, from crystal balls and swinging pendulums to fortune-telling napkin dispensers.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Slovakian animator Martin Smatana shares a touching short animation film that gently explores grief and remembering those who are no longer with us. To learn more about the filmmaker, visit: smatana.com

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It is with heavy hearts that we join the international art community in mourning the loss of Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026). Her work “High Heels for Going to Heaven” is on display post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. #PublicArt

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Viola Frey was born on August 15th, 1933 in Lodi, California. Frey primarily worked in the San Francisco Bay Area. Frey created a vocabulary of figures and objects that form a personal mythology. #SFAC #PublicArt #ViolaFrey

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is your last week to catch “Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective!” Industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss (1904–72) designed the quintessential Western Electric’s Model 500, the standard telephone for decades to follow. Development began in 1946, & the telephone debuted in 1949. #GiveMeARing

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

London-based director Dorothy Allen-Pickard shares a heartwarming short documentary about Valrie and Alan, celebrating the joys, complexities, and essence of spending a lifetime with another person. #VideoArtsSFO #Eternity

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Oleg Cassini (1913–2006) designed this uniform in 1968 for Air West, a regional carrier headquartered in San Francisco. The two-piece polyester suit matched the colors of the Air West fleet. #FashionInFlightFriday

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Director Geordie Wood captures the visual poetry of high divers in flight through the rhythms, rituals, and adrenaline of an elite training camp in Florida. To learn more about the filmmaker visit: geordiewood.com #VideoArtsSFO #Divers

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

For more than twenty years, Dutch artist Charlotte Dumas has explored what she describes as “the bond between mankind and animals, and the extensive history that accompanies it.” This interest led Dumas to a group of search and rescue (SAR) dogs that served in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Six students from l'École des Nouvelles Images—an animation school in France—work together to create a lovely short film about how a windy park day intertwines the lives of several strangers. #VideoArtsSFO #AWindyDay

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Born and raised in rural Nigeria, D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem is a global traveler, self-described “space sculptor,” and award-winning educator, performance artist, and writer. #WomenofAfrofuturism

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Did you know that SFO has an outdoor observation deck that provides excellent viewing for plane spotting? #SkyTerrace

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Vince “Play” Mabutas of Frisco’s Finest Car Club began lowriding on a Schwinn Sting-Ray when he was 10 years old. After building over a dozen cars, Vince introduced his children to the lowriding community by taking the family to shows and building bicycles and pedal cars with them #LowriderBikesSFO

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

During the Victorian era (1837–1901) houseplants became more accessible to the masses. Commonly referred to as jardinières from the French word for “female gardener,” ornamental pots and plant stands served as essential components of indoor décor. #IndoorEden

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Emilio Pucci brought his international vision for chic travel-friendly attire to Qantas in 1974. The collection included suits in soft coral or deep woodland green colors. This variation combines the Australian wool basket-weave jacket, in short and regular lengths, and this colorful shirt-dress.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Director Chella Man and filmmaker Dylan Buyskes create an experimental short that reclaims the narrative concerning what society considers a disability through an underwater celebration of hearing loss. #VideoArtsSFO #TheBeautyofBeingDeaf

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This model of the Fokker T-2 was built by master builder Edward Chavez with assistance from Robert Fogg in 1968. Nearly every detail was meticulously recreated, including the open cockpit, large wooden wing, “Army Air Service Non Stop Coast to Coast” fuselage markings, and even the cabin interior.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Jun Kaneko arrived in California from Japan in 1963 to study painting and encountered the revolutionary work of Peter Voulkos, who was using clay as a sculptural medium. The experience was transformative, and he devoted himself to working in clay and experimenting with large-scale ceramic sculptures

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

“Shared Impressions” features the work of fifteen printmaking students at Laney College whose practices reflect the diversity and vitality of Oakland and the greater Bay Area. At its core, printmaking involves ink transfer from a matrix—or plate—to another surface, most often paper.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

London-based filmmaker Dorothy Allen-Pickard’s short film explores D/deaf people’s experiences of electronic music from visceral, communal, and scientific perspectives. #VideoArtsSFO

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Join Out@SFO and SFO Museum's Video Arts Program at the Video Arts Gallery on July 6 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm for an in-person screening of July's selection of films; featuring a Q+A with filmmakers Chella Man and Dylan Buyskes of the film "The Beauty of Being Deaf." bit.ly/3SFOkqh

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Japanese animator Masayoshi Nakamura illustrates the unique story of ice cream and its role in world history, culture, and cravings, dating back to the first century. #VideoArtsSFO #ABriefHistoryofIceCream

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"Preston Singletary: Raven Visits SFO" is a project from a series of new exhibitions that merges Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary's recent work with the narrative text by Garth Stein, a New York Times bestselling author who is also of Tlingit ancestry. #PrestonSingletary

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Our newest exhibition, “Heroes of the City: Early Firefighters of the San Francisco Fire Department” is now on display in Harvey Milk Terminal 1! #HeroesofSFFD #SFHistory

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

In 1915, San Francisco presented a world’s fair of unprecedented grandeur—the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. One of the most exciting new technologies at the fair was the airplane, and daily flying demonstrations thrilled countless spectators. #FlyingPPIE

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

When photographing objects, our staff photographer employs a number of different techniques to light objects to shine their brightest. This No. 2 Hose or Truck Co. lantern from the 1850s will be featured in our upcoming exhibition, “Heroes of the City: Early Firefighters of the SFFD.”

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The Aviation Museum and Library is closed today to observe Juneteenth and will re-open tomorrow, Saturday, June 20. All other exhibitions are still available to view around the terminals including “Schools for the Colored” by Wendel A. White, on display in the post-security connector between T2 & 3.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

French animator Maël Nathanaël Sonn creates a beautiful animation about Camille, who is confronted with her past and challenged to embrace the doubts and issues surrounding the construction of one’s unique identity. #VideoArtsSFO #PrideMonth

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

At SFO Museum, mounts are custom made for each object before they’re put on display. Our upcoming exhibition “Heroes of the City: Early Firefighters of the San Francisco Fire Department” will feature several firefighter helmets, each of which will require their own mount #behindthescenes #sneakpeek

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This is your last week to see "Portable Craft: Chinese Woven Baskets and Containers" in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. One of the earliest crafts known to humankind, the near-universal art of basketmaking developed globally by using locally available plant materials. #ChineseBasketry

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Taiwan-based filmmaker Erich Rettstadt presents a highly energetic short that transforms a traditionally male profession into a campy, humorous, musical extravaganza, encouraging everyone to embrace their authentic selves. To learn more about the film, follow the link below: www.tankfairy.com

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Our newest exhibition “Kamper Sweet Kamper” by Eric Ruby is now on display. From 2015 to 2018, Eric Ruby lived on a farm in Sonoma County, about forty-five miles north of San Francisco, in a small 1960s Forester travel trailer he affectionately called “the Kamper.” #EricRuby

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

“Afatasi” literally means “half of one” in Samoan. A native San Franciscan and Afro-Polynesian, she explores the past, present, and future of Black people in San Francisco and questions why the Black community is the only dwindling demographic in the city. #WomenofAfrofuturism

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Emilio Pucci called this collection 727 Braniff Place in honor of the airline’s Boeing 727 jets. This multiple-style uniform included dresses and a new look in airline attire—the pantsuit. Made in lightweight nylon Qiana, the uniform came in this two-tone blue version. #FashionInFlightFriday

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Featuring an entirely queer, non-binary and lesbian cast, Italian Australian director Gianna Mazzeo shares an energized, stylish short that explores queer history and the importance of carabiners in lesbian culture. #VideoArtsSFO #PrideMonth

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

FREE EVENT: DESTINATION: SAN FRANCISCO - Curator Lecture and Exhibition Tour This Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Come join exhibition co-curators Samuel Scott and John King for and inside look at the new exhibition “Destination: San Francisco.”

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Isamu Noguchi is recognized internationally as one of the most significant artists of his generation. Though born in the US, Noguchi attended elementary school in Japan. Like other schoolchildren in Japan, he learned origami and kirigami (the folding and cutting of paper). #IsamuNoguchi #AAPIHM

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Today would have marked Harvey Milk’s 96th birthday. Milk was the first openly gay politician elected into public office in California. A visionary leader, Milk was sworn in as the Supervisor of the newly created 5th District of San Francisco on January 8, 1978. #HarveyMilkExhibition #HarveyMilkDay

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

South Asian filmmaker Ian Bawa shares an endearing portrait of a father who attempts to give life and marital advice to his bodybuilding son. Shot on Super 8 film, this comedic short is an autobiographical piece that stars the director’s own father. #VideoArtsSFO #AAPIHM

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In a world of constant distraction, undergraduate photography students at California College of the Arts turn to slowness as an antidote, expressed through labor-intensive practices and restrained visual language. #StudentArtSFO #CCA

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Ala Ebtekar's work is informed by light and illumination. He created "Zenith (VII)" by first applying a photochemical solution to a raw canvas. The light-sensitive material was then overlaid with multiple negatives from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Image Archive and exposed to sunlight.

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SFO Museum @sfomuseum.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Our newest exhibition, “Destination: San Francisco,” is on display pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal and online at: bit.ly/3QSYNhb #DestinationSF

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