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Old Southwest Airlines seats = cool stuff

08/06/24

Southwest Airlines has been in the news lately for the carrier’s decision to end its open seating policy, add premium-style seating and begin flying red-eye flights. So, it’s a good time to look at another Southwest Airlines seating story. This one is all about what the airline has been doing with old aircraft seat leather. →

Fresh art at SFO Airport: Rosie the Riveter

07/18/24

One of the newest SFO Museum exhibitions at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) tells the story of Rosie the Riveter and the accomplishments of more than 16 million women who joined the workforce during the Second World War. More than sixteen million women were employed at the peak of wartime production in 1944—with over three →

Tour the ‘secret’ SFO Museum facility

06/11/24

Yesterday we shared a video from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SFO) featuring the real-life magician pictured in the 180-foot-long “High Wire” mural from the airport’s art collection. In that video, we get the answer to the riddle: How is a magic trick like an airport? Today we’re sharing a charming video from San Francisco International Airport →

How is a magic trick like an airport?

06/09/24

How is a magic trick like an airport? “High Wire,” a 180-foot-long mural by artist Michael Fajan, has been at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) since 1993. In 11 panels, Fagan depicted a magician and his assistant performing a magic trick. Depending on which direction you view the artwork, it either depicts a person disappearing into →

Travel Tidbits for the holiday weekend

05/21/24

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects to screen more than 18 million passengers at U.S airports over the Memorial Day travel period, which stretches from May 23 to May 29, about 6.4% more than in 2023. If you’re one of the holiday travelers, here are some fresh art and amenities to look for at airports →

SFO layover? See Art of African Instruments

05/12/24

If you’re arriving, departing or making a connection at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), be sure to leave some time to explore some of the museum-quality exhibits offered by the SFO Museum. The newest exhibition comes to SFO Airport courtesy of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. It features bells, rattles, harp lutes, drums, slit gongs, →

Fresh art at Reno-Taho International Airport

04/10/24

Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is celebrating the grand opening of its newly expanded Ticketing Hall. Sadly, the new ticketing hall does not bring us the pneumatic “Travel Tubes” teased on April 1 that would allow passengers to go whiz straight from the airport lobby to the gate. But travelers will benefit from 10,000 square feet →

Reno-Tahoe Interntional Airport

Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection

04/08/24

Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection is the newest exhibition at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). On view in the Aviation Museum and Library in the SFO’s International Terminal, the exhibit features the work of some wonderful airline poster artists from the early 1930s to 1980s. Here’s a bit about →

Science snaps on display at Rapid City Regional Airport

03/28/24

Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) in South Dakota is welcoming travelers with a temporary art exhibition, “The Science at SURF: Images from the Underground, Lead, SD.” Located in the former site of the Homestake Gold Mine, SURF is now an underground research facility whose tagline tells us, “Scientists probe the depths of space to learn →

Images in concrete at Miami Int’l Airport

03/27/24

If you’re traveling to or through Miami International Airport (MIA), take a minute to visit the airport’s CameraWork Gallery at Gates D22 and D25. A new exhibit in that gallery features photographs of concrete structures in Miami and Havana that were designed by Cuban architects who fled the island after the Cuban Revolution. The photographs →

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