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Updated · LAist · Sep 3
Lucas Museum Opens Sept. 22 in Los Angeles With 300,000 Square Feet of Star Wars and Narrative Art
Updated
Updated · LAist · Sep 3

Lucas Museum Opens Sept. 22 in Los Angeles With 300,000 Square Feet of Star Wars and Narrative Art

3 articles · Updated · LAist · Sep 3

Summary

  • Sept. 22 is the public opening date for Los Angeles' Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, with timed tickets priced at $25 for adults and free admission for minors, active-duty military, members and LM37 passholders.
  • The 300,000-square-foot Exposition Park museum pairs George Lucas film artifacts—such as a Naboo Starfighter, life-size R2-D2 and Industrial Light and Magic pieces—with illustration, comics, photography and fine art.
  • Works on view range from E.H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh drawings and an 1894 "dogs playing poker" painting to pieces by Frida Kahlo, Ernie Barnes, Dorothea Lange, Rafael Navarro, Diego Rivera and Banksy.
  • An 11-acre public-facing campus extends beyond the galleries with free park access, outdoor sculptures, a research library and a video installation of Judith Baca's Great Wall of Los Angeles.

Insights

Is LA's new billion-dollar, UFO-shaped museum a triumph for public storytelling or just the ultimate Hollywood vanity project?
Why did George Lucas spend 17 years fighting to put Darth Vader's mask in the same gallery as Frida Kahlo masterpieces?
With free entry for youth, how will this futuristic complex opening this month redefine what the next generation considers true art?