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Got a second? Time & Navigation exhibit at the Smithsonian

04/28/13

The National Air & Space Museum and the National Museum of American History have joined forces to create a new permanent exhibition at the Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. called Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There. The new exhibit explores how revolutions in timekeeping allowed people to […]

SFO Museum displays vintage United Airlines uniforms

04/07/13

The SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport is currently displaying eighteen United Airlines flight attendant uniforms, some of them dating back to the 1930s. The exhibit is part of a donation of fifty-five flight attendant uniforms given to the SFO Museum by the United Airlines Historical Foundation and which represent the full history of […]

Museum Monday: Richard Nixon arm wrestles George McGovern

10/22/12

The death on Sunday, October 21st of George McGovern – who ran an unsuccessful campaign for president in 1972 against Richard Nixon – gives me the opportunity to offer a sneak preview of something that will be in my new book about things museums have that are rarely shown to the public. Tucked away at […]

Museum Monday: Katharine Wright’s pantaloons

10/15/12

I’m racing to finish up the entries for my Hidden Museum Treasures book, which will feature the stories behind objects in museums that are rarely or never displayed. When the project began, I put a call out seeking nominations from museums around the country. The International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, Ohio was […]

Museum Monday: Celebrating the black leather jacket

06/18/12

Today it’s an icon in pop culture and fashion, but the black leather jacket was originally a utilitarian piece of clothing designed to protect travelers. “In the early part of the 20th century, whether you were flying a plane or driving a motorcycle or a horseless carriage, everything had an open cockpit. So the idea […]

Free museum admission for military personnel and their families

05/28/12

As you travel around the country this summer, keep in mind that more than 1,5000 museums around the country are offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 28, through Labor Day, September 3, 2012 as part of the Blue Star Museums program. The program began in […]

Museum Monday: early flight gear at SFO Museum

02/06/12

Early airplanes had open cockpits and aviators needed special equipment and protective gear in order to do their jobs. Examples of some of those items are now on exhibit at the San Francisco International Airport. Flight Gear: Pilot Equipment from the Open-Cockpit Era features more than forty examples of flight suits, jackets, helmets, goggles […]

Museum Monday: The Museum of Bags

01/16/12

The Museum of Bags

Microscopes on display at SFO Museum

12/26/11

Flying lifts you above it all, offering a chance to take in the big picture from the sky. But travelers who touch down at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) now have an opportunity to get down to specifics with a new exhibition exploring the history of microscopes. “From mid-seventeenth-century simple microscopes to the modern compound […]

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