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The only AAM accredited museum at an airport. Aviation museum, custodians of SFAC art, & ever-changing temporary exhibitions.
This 1937 United Air Lines menu offered Thanksgiving Dinner Aloft. The menu featured Roast Northwestern Turkey with Chestnut Stuffing and Cranberry Sauce—traditional staples of an American Thanksgiving meal. What are you thankful for this year?
#52Menus
#52Menus
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This 1937 United Air Lines menu offered Thanksgiving Dinner Aloft. The menu featured Roast Northwestern Turkey with Chestnut Stuffing and Cranberry Sauce—traditional staples of an American Thanksgiving meal. What are you thankful for this year?
#52Menus
#52Menus
Happy Thanksgiving! The Aviation Museum and Library will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 to observe the Thanksgiving Holiday and will re-open on Saturday, November 29 at 10am.
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! The Aviation Museum and Library will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 to observe the Thanksgiving Holiday and will re-open on Saturday, November 29 at 10am.
J.L. Whitecrow’s short documentary explores how the medicine game that has been passed down from generation to generation at the Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre is helping to revive their cultures and restore their communities.
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
J.L. Whitecrow’s short documentary explores how the medicine game that has been passed down from generation to generation at the Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre is helping to revive their cultures and restore their communities.
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
“Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy
But here's my number, so call me maybe”
Have you seen our newest exhibition “Give Me a Ring?” Check out our accompanying Spotify playlist filled with telephone themed songs!
bit.ly/4ra8xRT
#GiveMeARing #Telephones #TelephoneRetrospective
But here's my number, so call me maybe”
Have you seen our newest exhibition “Give Me a Ring?” Check out our accompanying Spotify playlist filled with telephone themed songs!
bit.ly/4ra8xRT
#GiveMeARing #Telephones #TelephoneRetrospective
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy
But here's my number, so call me maybe”
Have you seen our newest exhibition “Give Me a Ring?” Check out our accompanying Spotify playlist filled with telephone themed songs!
bit.ly/4ra8xRT
#GiveMeARing #Telephones #TelephoneRetrospective
But here's my number, so call me maybe”
Have you seen our newest exhibition “Give Me a Ring?” Check out our accompanying Spotify playlist filled with telephone themed songs!
bit.ly/4ra8xRT
#GiveMeARing #Telephones #TelephoneRetrospective
Artist Sky Hopinka’s film explores memory and spirituality through a cinematic blend of landscapes, poetic text, and audio. This short is a powerful meditation on colonial devastation, selfhood, and indigeneity.
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Artist Sky Hopinka’s film explores memory and spirituality through a cinematic blend of landscapes, poetic text, and audio. This short is a powerful meditation on colonial devastation, selfhood, and indigeneity.
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
“Preston Singletary: Raven Visits SFO” is on display, pre-security, in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: bit.ly/Preston-Sing...
#PrestonSingletary #GarthStein
#PrestonSingletary #GarthStein
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“Preston Singletary: Raven Visits SFO” is on display, pre-security, in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: bit.ly/Preston-Sing...
#PrestonSingletary #GarthStein
#PrestonSingletary #GarthStein
"When he stopped beaming like a star on a string, the people lost interest. They stopped pointing and laughing, and they went about their business and left Raven alone, which was how Raven liked it. Except when he was hungry. Which was nearly always.”
Narrative text written by Garth Stein.
Narrative text written by Garth Stein.
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"When he stopped beaming like a star on a string, the people lost interest. They stopped pointing and laughing, and they went about their business and left Raven alone, which was how Raven liked it. Except when he was hungry. Which was nearly always.”
Narrative text written by Garth Stein.
Narrative text written by Garth Stein.
"Raven was not pleased; he thought he looked like Elvis in his Las Vegas days. He hopped down to the beach where the people lit bonfires at night. He rolled in the charcoal left behind by the fires. It did not take long for Raven to blacken his feathers again. ..."
#PrestonSingletary #GarthStein
#PrestonSingletary #GarthStein
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"Raven was not pleased; he thought he looked like Elvis in his Las Vegas days. He hopped down to the beach where the people lit bonfires at night. He rolled in the charcoal left behind by the fires. It did not take long for Raven to blacken his feathers again. ..."
#PrestonSingletary #GarthStein
#PrestonSingletary #GarthStein
"Raven had been sleeping so long, he had molted and regrown a full coat of feathers and his new feathers were white and beaming light all over the world and everybody laughed at Raven as he danced around like a kite playing in the wind. ... " #PrestonSingletary #GarthStein
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"Raven had been sleeping so long, he had molted and regrown a full coat of feathers and his new feathers were white and beaming light all over the world and everybody laughed at Raven as he danced around like a kite playing in the wind. ... " #PrestonSingletary #GarthStein
"The AIDS Memorial Quilt" is on display, pre-security, in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: bit.ly/AIDSQuiltSFO
#AIDSMemorialSFO
#AIDSMemorialSFO
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"The AIDS Memorial Quilt" is on display, pre-security, in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall and online at: bit.ly/AIDSQuiltSFO
#AIDSMemorialSFO
#AIDSMemorialSFO
On October 11, 1988, 1,500 ACT UP members descended on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, to “Seize Control of the FDA,” their first national demonstration. Within a year, the FDA agreed to speed development of AIDS medications. #AIDSMemorialSFO
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
On October 11, 1988, 1,500 ACT UP members descended on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, to “Seize Control of the FDA,” their first national demonstration. Within a year, the FDA agreed to speed development of AIDS medications. #AIDSMemorialSFO
Artist, writer, and activist David Wojnarowicz (1954–92) exhibited his first paintings in New York’s East Village in 1982; two years later, he was shown in forty international exhibitions. In 1988, Wojnarowicz was diagnosed with AIDS and joined the activist group ACT UP.
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Artist, writer, and activist David Wojnarowicz (1954–92) exhibited his first paintings in New York’s East Village in 1982; two years later, he was shown in forty international exhibitions. In 1988, Wojnarowicz was diagnosed with AIDS and joined the activist group ACT UP.
The menu selection included:
“Shrimp Cocktail
Sauce Rouge
Crisp Saltines
Broiled Filet Mignon with Mushroom Caps
Baked Stuffed Potato Au Gratin
French Cut String Beans
Hearts of Lettuce Salad
French Dressing
Dinner Roll
Creamery Butter
Chocolate Nut Sundae
Coffee
Tea
Milk”
#52Menu
“Shrimp Cocktail
Sauce Rouge
Crisp Saltines
Broiled Filet Mignon with Mushroom Caps
Baked Stuffed Potato Au Gratin
French Cut String Beans
Hearts of Lettuce Salad
French Dressing
Dinner Roll
Creamery Butter
Chocolate Nut Sundae
Coffee
Tea
Milk”
#52Menu
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The menu selection included:
“Shrimp Cocktail
Sauce Rouge
Crisp Saltines
Broiled Filet Mignon with Mushroom Caps
Baked Stuffed Potato Au Gratin
French Cut String Beans
Hearts of Lettuce Salad
French Dressing
Dinner Roll
Creamery Butter
Chocolate Nut Sundae
Coffee
Tea
Milk”
#52Menu
“Shrimp Cocktail
Sauce Rouge
Crisp Saltines
Broiled Filet Mignon with Mushroom Caps
Baked Stuffed Potato Au Gratin
French Cut String Beans
Hearts of Lettuce Salad
French Dressing
Dinner Roll
Creamery Butter
Chocolate Nut Sundae
Coffee
Tea
Milk”
#52Menu
The Constellations and 4-0-4s were some of the first pressurized planes to be put into commercial use, and pressurization could affect taste.
#52Menu
#52Menu
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Constellations and 4-0-4s were some of the first pressurized planes to be put into commercial use, and pressurization could affect taste.
#52Menu
#52Menu
The back cover for this Eastern Airlines menu from the 1940s features whimsical illustrations of the airline’s service fleet, including several variations of the Lockheed Constellations and the Martin 4-0-4, which Eastern called the Silver Falcon.
#52Menu
#52Menu
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The back cover for this Eastern Airlines menu from the 1940s features whimsical illustrations of the airline’s service fleet, including several variations of the Lockheed Constellations and the Martin 4-0-4, which Eastern called the Silver Falcon.
#52Menu
#52Menu
These schoolhouses, located on the boundary between the North and the South, represent an unresolved past for White and remain “one of the enduring spaces for the definition of race and class identity in the American landscape.”
#WendelAWhite
#WendelAWhite
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
These schoolhouses, located on the boundary between the North and the South, represent an unresolved past for White and remain “one of the enduring spaces for the definition of race and class identity in the American landscape.”
#WendelAWhite
#WendelAWhite
Through his lens, White captures the architectural remnants of segregated schools that are scattered across the Northern “free” states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
#WendelAWhite
#WendelAWhite
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Through his lens, White captures the architectural remnants of segregated schools that are scattered across the Northern “free” states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
#WendelAWhite
#WendelAWhite
White's photographic project, “Schools for the Colored,” delves into the legacy of racial segregation in America’s educational system. The series is an extension of White's earlier work, "Small Towns, Black Lives," and continues his exploration of the African American landscape. #WendelAWhite
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
White's photographic project, “Schools for the Colored,” delves into the legacy of racial segregation in America’s educational system. The series is an extension of White's earlier work, "Small Towns, Black Lives," and continues his exploration of the African American landscape. #WendelAWhite
SFO Museum is pleased to announce the completion of the work on the expansion joint in the post-security connector between Terminal 2 and 3 and the return of Wendel A. White's “Schools for the Colored” to the Kaddish Gallery. #WendelAWhite
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
SFO Museum is pleased to announce the completion of the work on the expansion joint in the post-security connector between Terminal 2 and 3 and the return of Wendel A. White's “Schools for the Colored” to the Kaddish Gallery. #WendelAWhite
Filmmaker Justin Deegan takes an experimental approach to severing the relationship between his community and the river, the result of over 80 years of U.S. government efforts to control the Missouri, including the Garrison Dam.
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Filmmaker Justin Deegan takes an experimental approach to severing the relationship between his community and the river, the result of over 80 years of U.S. government efforts to control the Missouri, including the Garrison Dam.
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
Lesser known and slightly older than the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was designed by Charles H. Purcell and opened six months before the Golden Gate Bridge, on #onthisday in 1936. Have you ever traveled across the Bay Bridge? #SFHistory #BayBridge
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Lesser known and slightly older than the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was designed by Charles H. Purcell and opened six months before the Golden Gate Bridge, on #onthisday in 1936. Have you ever traveled across the Bay Bridge? #SFHistory #BayBridge
The Aviation Museum and Library is closed today to observe Veteran’s Day and will re-open tomorrow, November 12 at 10am. All other exhibitions are available to view around the terminals including “Ricardo Alvarado: Capturing a Cultural Legacy” on display, pre-security, in Terminal 3: bit.ly/3VDJLvm
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Aviation Museum and Library is closed today to observe Veteran’s Day and will re-open tomorrow, November 12 at 10am. All other exhibitions are available to view around the terminals including “Ricardo Alvarado: Capturing a Cultural Legacy” on display, pre-security, in Terminal 3: bit.ly/3VDJLvm
Richard Mayhew was a landscape painter of Native and African American descent. He says his affinity for land comes from his duel heritage. "It's a dual commitment to nature. The land is very important to both cultures in terms of stimulation and spiritual sensitivity, and it's very important to me."
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Richard Mayhew was a landscape painter of Native and African American descent. He says his affinity for land comes from his duel heritage. "It's a dual commitment to nature. The land is very important to both cultures in terms of stimulation and spiritual sensitivity, and it's very important to me."
Director Charles Frank’s short documentary takes the audience deep into the heart of the Navajo Nation to meet the founders of Wagon Trail to Lonesome Pine, a par-five rez-golf course—the first of its kind.
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO #RezGolf #CharlesFrank
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO #RezGolf #CharlesFrank
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Director Charles Frank’s short documentary takes the audience deep into the heart of the Navajo Nation to meet the founders of Wagon Trail to Lonesome Pine, a par-five rez-golf course—the first of its kind.
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO #RezGolf #CharlesFrank
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO #RezGolf #CharlesFrank
This exhibition was made possible through a generous loan from the JKL Museum of Telephony; special thank you to JKL curator Remco Enthoven.
See “Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: bit.ly/GiveMeARing
See “Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: bit.ly/GiveMeARing
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This exhibition was made possible through a generous loan from the JKL Museum of Telephony; special thank you to JKL curator Remco Enthoven.
See “Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: bit.ly/GiveMeARing
See “Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: bit.ly/GiveMeARing