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Let your imagination travel at SFO International Airport July 27, 2015 4:25 PM MST

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Modern airline travel is not exactly the glamorous experience of years past. Many of us find ourselves wandering airport departure lounges, browsing overpriced shops or searching for something relatively nutritious in a sea of fast food.

The good news is that many airports are becoming more ‘user friendly’ and are looking for ways to entertain their captive audiences. From spas to yoga rooms, meditation areas and playgrounds, the weary voyageur can find a http://www.examiner.com/article/let-your-imagination-travel-at-sfo-international-airport

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variety of options to make the layover time pass more quickly.

San Francisco International Airport is just such a venue. In 1980, they created the SFO Museum, the only accredited Airport Museum in the country, with the aim of ‘humanizing the Airport environment”. You’ll discover a myriad of rotating displays scattered throughout the terminals, covering culture, humanities, and, of course, aviation. A current exhibit, located in Terminal 3, is “Life and Style in the Age of Art Deco’, on display through August 2015. Think Fred & Ginger, Flappers and Jazz! The Art Deco movement influenced almost every design element during the 1920’s and 30’s; from book covers to kitchen-ware and from Woolworth’s to Tiffany’s. Distinguished by its modern lines and vibrant colors, designers used elements such as chrome, glass and newly created plastics to express the ‘modern age’ with influences from distant, exotic lands. The exhibit displays items from the everyday to the extravagant and most are from the collection of Richard Fishman and Laurie Gordon, members of the Art Deco Society of California. So, next time you’re in transit through the terminals of San Francisco Airport, be sure to keep an eye open for the many displays of the

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SFO Museum and take your imagination on a trip, too.

Hilarie Larson

San Diego Wine Travel Examiner

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