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Visit an Airport Museum on Int’l Museum Day

05/18/22

May 18 is International Museum Day, which gives us an excuse to talk about some of the great museums in and adjacent to airports around the country. Having a museum or museum program in an airport just makes so much sense. Millions of people pass through airports each year. Many passengers have plenty of downtime […]

Museums

Fresh airport art from SFO, PHL, & Albany Int’l Airports

04/20/22

SFO Museum presents an exhibit about art from pineapple leaves At SFO: From Pineapple to Piña: A Philippine Textile Treasure The newest exhibit from the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is about textiles made from pineapple leaves. “Unique to the Philippines, piña is an extraordinary textile made by weaving the fibers of […]

Video Arts Screening Gallery Open at SFO

12/05/21

After a 20-month hiatus, the video arts screening room at SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is open. The gallery screens short-form documentaries, experimental films, and all forms of animation. It is located pre-security on the departures level of the International Terminal. Hours: daily, 5:00am to 10:00pm. With a nod to COVID-19, this […]

Movies

SFO Museum Presents The Victorian Papered Wall

Victorian Wallpaper at SFO

10/12/21

Is SFO an airport or a museum? Now that we’re back to traveling more, we’re delighted to have the opportunity to visit San Francisco International Airport (SFO), home to the SFO Museum, which is fully accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. SFO is both an airport AND a museum. So, we always make sure […]

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, […]

Short films, courtesy the SFO Museum

07/08/21

While travelers are returning to airports, not all amenities are back up and running quite yet. That includes SFO Museum’s Video Arts screening room at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). But that doesn’t mean you can watch some great short films. The SFO Museum is curating themed programming from its archives that anyone can watch […]

Movies

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 […]

Holidays

SFO Museum Aviation Exhibition
Alisa Eagleston, Conservator

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 […]

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