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Traveling Through SFO Airport? Check Out the Art Museum | KQED
Today, we take you on a tour the SFO Museum and meet the curators.
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Two of our Exhibition Curators and Public Engagement Curator were recently featured on an episode of KQED's The Bay podcast. Ever wonder what is it like to go post-security to visit one of our exhibitions? Listen to hear more about our program and current exhibitions!
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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
Two of our Exhibition Curators and Public Engagement Curator were recently featured on an episode of KQED's The Bay podcast. Ever wonder what is it like to go post-security to visit one of our exhibitions? Listen to hear more about our program and current exhibitions!
bit.ly/4rfnOkt
bit.ly/4rfnOkt
Traveling Through SFO Airport? Check Out the Art Museum | KQED
Today, we take you on a tour the SFO Museum and meet the curators.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two of our Exhibition Curators and Public Engagement Curator were recently featured on an episode of KQED's The Bay podcast. Ever wonder what is it like to go post-security to visit one of our exhibitions? Listen to hear more about our program and current exhibitions!
bit.ly/4rfnOkt
bit.ly/4rfnOkt
“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!
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#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
"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
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 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
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
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).
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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
#Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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
#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
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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
#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
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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
#ChavezModels
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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
#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
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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
#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
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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
#WomenofAfrofuturism
October 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“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
#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
#AIDSMemorialSFO
October 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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
#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
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
October 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO