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SFO Museum General Exhibition, Harvey Milk Terminal 1, Curiosity & Discovery: Antique Scientific Instruments

Museum Monday: Scientific Instruments at SFO

09/13/21

SFO Museum exhibits rare 19th to early 20th-century scientific instruments The newest exhibition from the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is filled with rare mid-nineteenth century to early twentieth-century scientific instruments. At a glance, they are clearly works of mechanical know-how and art. But these objects also tell a story about the […]

Museum Monday: Math at the SFO Museum

08/02/21

The SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has kicked off yet another exhibition that might make you miss your next flight. This one is all about mathematics. Mathematics: Vintage and Modern displays slide rules, early calculating machines, and other math-related objects from the past. Included are teaching tools that help students learn arithmetic, geometry, […]

Airports celebrate July 4th and the freedom to travel

07/03/21

Like you, airports are celebrating the freedom to travel (again) and also marking July 4th. And we’re gathering up some of the best July 4th messages airports are sharing. Kicking us off: the patriotic water feature show in Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport. Also: a cool mural you can watch being made at Leonardo da […]

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Stuck at The Airport: Tuesday Tidbits

05/31/21

Still not vaccinated? MIA Airport can help A COVID-19 vaccination site at Miami International Airport will be providing free one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to all individuals 18 and older daily through June 18, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., except for June 8-9. Walk-ups are accepted with no appointment or pre-registration necessary. The vaccination […]

Travel news from airports here and there

03/29/21

Tuesday already? Stuck at the Airport is still doing some catch-up up on news, snaps, and travel tidbits airports shared on Monday. Like the pink cherry blossom lighting at Reagan National Airport (DCA). The links to short films courtesy of the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The Women’s History Month factoid about […]

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SFO Museum presents Early American Motorcycles

02/16/21

If we can’t fly anywhere right now, how about a ride on a motorcycle? A new exhibition by the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) explores the history of motorcycling from the 1890s to 1915. On display are fourteen motorcycles that were made prior to 1916, rare engines, and photographs from the pioneering […]

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A brush with the SFO Museum’s Hair Style exhibit

12/22/20

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is home to the SFO Museum, which does a great job of bringing top drawer exhibits to the terminals. The SFO Museum’s newest offering runs through August 22, 2021, in Terminal 1, Departures Level 2, and is all about hairstyles and styling aids. Objects in the exhibit include historical tools, […]

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More holiday cheer – and dances – from airports and airlines

12/14/20

If we were traveling around this month, we’d certainly be spending a lot of time in airport gift shops buying Christmas chocolates and other treats. Some of that chocolate would even make it home and into nicely-wrapped gift boxes. Instead, we’re home and keeping an eye on what airports and airlines are doing to be […]

Surf Music exhibit at SFO has its own soundtrack

11/02/20

The SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has a fun new exhibit celebrating the instrumental surf music popular in the United States in the early 1960s. Surf’s Up! Instrumental Rock ‘n’ Roll So much fun stuff comes from Southern California. One example: surf music, “Energetic and melodic with little or no vocal accompaniment, […]

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