A little holiday travel cheer
The holidays are upon us and that means one thing — many hours spent braving the timeless monotony of airport terminals. But for those of you flying through San Francisco International Airport this season, we’ve got a special treat for your weary eyes. You see, there is a little project that we’ve been working on behind-the-scenes.
Jades await condition checking at the San Francisco Airport Museums
Beginning the week of Christmas, the San Francisco Airport Museums (yes, the airport has a fully-accredited museum) will host The Resplendent Stone: Chinese Jades from the 18th-20th Centuries. Drawn from the Asian Art Museum’s extensive jade collection, this is the first of several exhibitions to be produced by the San Francisco Airport Museums with loans from the Asian Art Museum.
Staff from the Asian Art Museum and the San Francisco Airport Museums carefully examine each object upon unpacking.
Many of these jades will be familiar to long-time museum visitors — a number of them were featured in our 2007 exhibition Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century. At the airport, these works will now have a chance to bring delight to viewers who might not of had a chance to experience them at the Asian.
The Resplendent Stone will be on view until June 7, 2010 on the south side of the international terminal.
Three sheep, 1900-1911. Nephrite. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60J397. On view in The Resplendent Stone.
Once you’ve had your share of jade, be sure to check out a few of the nearly twenty other exhibitions that can be found throughout the airport. This winter they’ll have shows on everything from vintage pinball machines to ancient Mediterranean pottery to miniature airplanes. It might be just so fascinating, you’ll think—what flight?
4 Responses to “A little holiday travel cheer”
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Stef on March 31st, 2010 at 4:50 am
Lovely craftsmanship!
Holiday on May 3rd, 2010 at 3:00 am
This year’s parade was one of the biggest ever, with tens of thousands lining the city’s main street, and coming from cultures where Christmas is a much more low-key affair, it was an eye-opener for the seven internationals.
They said they were not only overwhelmed by the size of the crowds that lined Princess Street on Saturday evening but by the warmth of the people.
“I was very impressed with how friendly people were,” said Miho Sano, a Japanese exchange student who walked part of the route beside the bus shaking hands with parade-goers during the evening parade.
chian saw on August 10th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Hello, where can I still be able to view the jade museum exhibit? I missed it when it was at the sirport.
Chian Saw
8/10/10
nico on August 11th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Hello there, you can always visit the gallery on the third floor of the museum, or barring that, there’s always the catalog.