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

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

Two telephones connected by a wire allowed users to speak to one another on the earliest models. In San Francisco, in 1876, the first experimental telephone line was strung between Meiggs Wharf and the first Merchants Exchange building (roughly between North Beach and the Financial District).

On October 29, 1994, Korean Air launched its inaugural service from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) in Seoul to San Francisco International Airport (SFO). This 2003 menu features traditional Korean dishes such as "Bibimbap" and "Bulgalbi." #52Menus

Happy Halloween! What was happening at SFO on Halloween in 1975? These Hughes Airwest employees dressed up in Halloween costumes at the ticket counter in the Central Terminal (now Terminal 2). Are you celebrating Halloween today? #Halloween

Director Chris Carboni shares a short film that layers increasingly whimsical AI-generated imagery with commentary on the classic novel from a funny 98-year-old reader named Lillian. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO

In 1928, at the age of 14, Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado (1914–76) left his family in the Philippines and lived in San Francisco for nearly fifty years. In the 1950s, Alvarado purchased a Graflex Speed Graphic camera, photographing the local, multiethnic communities that surrounded him. #RicardoAlvarado

Edward Chavez (1917–2004) was a recognized master of scratch building within the model-making community. Fascinated by aviation from an early age in San Antonio, his model commissions expanded from private aircraft owners to professional work for the Piper Aircraft Company. #ChavezModels

The first Pan American scheduled jet passenger flight departed from New York to Paris on October 26, 1958. John T. McCoy was an aeronautical artist and historian commissioned by Pan Am to produce 8 watercolor paintings depicting “Historic First Flights of Pan American Clippers.” #52Menus

Filmmaker Alex Tiernan covers a crew of London youths who leave the inner-city in search of the UK’s longest downhill road in one of the most remote corners of Scotland. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO

On October 19, 1927, Pan American's first operation took off for Havana from Key West in a Fairchild FC-2, named La Niña, with seven bags of mail. In 1947 Pan American celebrated their 20th anniversary with a special menu that included consumme madrilene and roast turkey with dressing. #52Menus

“Binti” is Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor’s first story set in space. Okorafor explores Africanfuturism, a subcategory of science fiction rooted in African culture, history, and mythology. #WomenofAfrofuturism

The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is one of the most influential activist groups represented in the Quilt. Often the group is seen demonstrating beneath banners and signs emblazoned with the pink triangle and “Silence=Death” call to action. #AIDSMemorialSFO

Animator Chu-Chieh Lee experiments with 2D animation, stop-motion, and sound to construct a poetic narrative of self-exploration and healing, examining the connection between emotion and the environment. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO

Roy De Forest was one of a group of artists whose work developed around a personal iconography that became identified in the 1960s and 70s as Bay Area Funk. The title of this varnished polymer on canvas refers to Zane Grey (1872–1939) the author of many popular novels about the Old West.

Air France was founded #onthisday in 1933. Did you know the symbol of Air France is the winged seahorse? Originally the logo of Air Orient, which merged into Air France in 1933, the seahorse with wings represented the union of sea and sky, a visual metaphor for the company's flying boats. #52menus

Another excellent exhibition at SFO. #GiveMeARing @sfomuseum.bsky.social

Internationally acclaimed author and MacArthur Fellow N. K. Jemisin has sold over two million copies of her “Broken Earth” trilogy. “How Long ’til Black Future Month?” is her only published collection of short stories. Have you read works by N. K. Jemisin? #WomenofAfrofuturism

Director Luiz Whately combines various visual techniques and animation to share the story of Brazil’s first Indigenous soccer team, “Gavião Kyikatejê FC,” and how they fight prejudice and amplify Indigenous resilience through the sport of fútbol. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO

Yuyan Kuang was born in China in 1955. She finished elementary school in China and immigrated to the United States when she was in her forties. She worked on a farm when she was young. As a child, Kuang liked to spend time at the river, playing on the sand and enjoying the day. #ArtWithElders

#OnThisDay in 1968, the first 747 rolled out of Boeing's Everett plant. Completed in 1968, a group of Boeing employees nicknamed "The Incredibles" built the first 747-100 at the same time that the building was also being constructed. Have you ever been to the Boeing assembly building in Everett, WA?

John Henry Alvin was one of Hollywood’s most recognized, award-winning poster artists. Over the course of his career, from the early 1970s to the early 2000s, Alvin created movie posters for over 135 films. #AirwaysArtists #AvGeek

Director Alex Ramsey captures Edward’s life as an undocumented immigrant in New York City, as he grapples with the idea of leaving the life he built in New York behind forever in exchange for a long overdue homecoming with his family in Mexico. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO

This large, stoneware pot, decorated with two striking dragons, was originally used to store preserved eggs and later transformed into a jardinière or planter. The awe-inspiring dragon permeates Chinese history, folklore, religion, and art. #ChineseCeramics

This is your last few weeks to see "VX Forever: The Legacy of Virgin America!” Virgin America operated a fleet of narrow-body, medium-to-long-range Airbus A320-family airliners consisting of the A319, A320, and A321neo. The largest portion of the fleet comprised Airbus A320-200 airliners #VXForever

Jamaican-born Canadian author Nalo Hopkinson often draws upon Caribbean culture in her speculative fiction. Her first novel "Brown Girl in the Ring" is set in a dystopian Toronto. Hopkinson currently teaches at the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia #WomenofAfrofuturism

Director Leo Aguirre spotlights New York’s sonidero community and the transcendental power fueling unification through dance. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO

In 1986, a National Academy of Sciences report characterized the federal government’s response to the AIDS crisis as “woefully inadequate.” The report urged former president Ronald Reagan, who had largely ignored the epidemic, to “take a strong leadership role in the effort against AIDS and HIV.”

#Onthisday in 1946 Alitalia, the former flag carrier of Italy, was founded. Once the largest airline in Italy, Alitalia was privatized in 2009 and ceased operations on October 15, 2021. This circa 1980 menu features dinner and breakfast menu items including pasta and meat courses and cereal.

Lovely exhibition of Airline posters at San Francisco Airport. Featured artists and their artwork #sfomuseum @sfomuseum.bsky.social #airlineposters #SanFrancisco

This month we are celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting Hispanic artists represented in our public art collection at the airport. As an artist, Carmen Lomas Garza often recalls her childhood memories of growing up in South Texas for her imagery. #CarmenLomasGarza #PublicArt

In the era of cell phones, it seems difficult to imagine how revolutionary telephone technology was for its time. Transcontinental telephone service, made possible by the tube amplifier, officially launched on January 25, 1915. #GiveMeARing #Telephones #TelephoneRetrospective

This menu issued by Pan American Airways #onthisday in 1940 was used on the inaugural passenger flight from San Francisco to New Zealand. The flight made stops in Los Angeles, California, Honolulu, Hawaii, Canton Island, Kiribati, and Noumea, New Caledonia. #52Menus

Happy 175th Birthday California! We’re celebrating by highlighting some incredible art from our “A Study of Familiar Places: Paintings and Drawings by Students of the Art With Elders Program” exhibition. #ArtWithElders

Join us for a special tour of “Women of Afrofuturism” guided by curatorial consultant Ingrid LaFleur as part of Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week. LaFleur has immersed herself in the Afrofuturism movement for more than two decades. #WomenofAfrofuturism

After a month-long refresh, SFO Museum is proud to announce the re-opening of our Video Arts Gallery! This month we have four new films celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month.

This menu from Britian’s short lived Imperial Airways was used on their Paris to London route. For the 225-mile journey, the menu offered a cold buffet, salad, and cheese and biscuits. Imperial Airways was founded in 1924 and merged into British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in 1939. #52Menus

Our newest exhibition “Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective” is now on display in Terminal 2. Early types of telephones ranged from large wooden wall telephones to candlestick desk sets. The rotary dial telephone, with a handset on its base, permeated American homes by the 1930s. #GiveMeARing

Set from 2024 to 2027, Octavia Butler’s “Parable” series, which debuted in 1993, appears prescient today. It follows Lauren Oya Olamina as a teenager and later an adult as she faces a post-apocalyptic California ravaged by climate, political, and social crisis. #WomenofAfrofuturism

"Preston Singletary: Raven Visits SFO" is from a series of new exhibitions that incorporate narrative text by Garth Stein, who is also of Tlingit ancestry. Stein’s New York Times bestselling novel “The Art of Racing in the Rain” was adapted into a 2019 motion picture of the same name.

On This Day in 1954, a three-day dedication ceremony of SFO's new Airport Terminal Building (later the Central Terminal, now Terminal 2) kicked off. The event drew hundreds of thousands of visitors. A spacious new restaurant named the International Room provided panoramic views of the airfield.

This circa 1975 menu issued by TWA (Trans World Airlines) features a color illustration of world landmarks on the cover. The menu’s selections include Yankee pot roast, Cantonese pork, and chicken breast Milano. What would you have ordered? #52Menus

Marshall Moxom (1916–2007) was a San Francisco-based photographer active between the late 1930s and mid-1970s. Moxom frequently worked at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), where he made aerial photographs and documented terminal construction, events, and airport personnel. #MarshallMoxom

This pot depicts the central characters in Journey to the West, an epic, late sixteenth-century folk novel, attributed to Wu Cheng’en (possibly 1500–80). It tells the journey of the Chinese Buddhist monk, Tripitaka, who is based on the real-life Buddhist monk Xuanzang. #ChineseCeramics

Today is National Aviation Day! Established in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, National Aviation Day is celebrated every year on Orville Wright's birthday. What is your favorite aviation memory? #NationalAviationDay

During the 1960s and ‘70s, American Airlines operated numerous nonstop transcontinental routes between Los Angeles and San Francisco and major East Coast cities and offered a wide array of services throughout the U.S. #AirwaysArtists #DongKingman #AvGeek

This basket can be flipped over and used as a shallow tray. Fish, which in Chinese (yu 魚) is a homonym for abundance (yu 餘) adorn its lacquered red trim. Objects made from bamboo, such as boxes, bowls, and plates, were particularly popular during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). #ChineseBasketry

What was served on an Air France, Concorde service, for the Paris to Washington DC route on this day in 1978? Menu items included stuffed duck and lobster! 📸: menu: Air France; 1978 Gift of G. Robert “Bob” Hamrdla 2011.066.058 bit.ly/45tFCy2 #52Menus