I really don't need any more reasons to love San Francisco and the Peninsula.  But San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has an attraction few airport share: a museum... several in fact.  SFO Museum curates outstanding exhibits.  The museum spaces are located in the various terminals of SFO.  

The current exhibit in the North Connector Gallery (United - Terminal 3) Television: TV in the Antenna Age walks you through the inception of television (the opiate of the masses, the cathode ray nipple) to the beginning of the cable age.  Skip the moving walkways, get a litle exercise after that 5-hour flight from the East Coast, and enjoy an outstanding exhibit.

Channel surfing in the pre-remote control days was actually preparing our thumbs for gaming.

Ukuleles from the Golden Age of television.

These must have been the TV's Daft Punk had growing up.

M*A*S*H defined a generation.  Glad I was there for this one.

Sony, don't take the Beta/VHS thing too hard.  You'll get them back... eventually. Unfortunately it will be right after digital downloads have already won.

So hot, 70's style!

If you're old enough to remember be up so early on Saturday mornings for cartoons that even the networks weren't awake, this is what you saw - TV test patterns.

This was also what inspired the parachute I flew when I was a skydiving videographer.  Ironically, I purchased from a videographer before I ever started flying video.

Is it just me, or does this old school TV antenna look like Katamari Damashi?

If you're ever at SFO, plan a little extra time to enjoy an outstanding museum experience.

What other airports have unexpected cool attractions?