The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Has Opened in Los Angeles

George Lucas has opened a museum in Los Angeles dedicated to the art of visual storytelling.

On September 22, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, an institution more than two decades in the making, founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson. The building, designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, spans 300,000 square feet with more than 30 galleries and over 100,000 square feet of exhibition space.

The collection holds more than 1,300 works tracing the history of visual storytelling, from cave paintings to comics, including works by Norman Rockwell, Frida Kahlo, Frank Frazetta and Robert Crumb. It also houses the complete Lucas Archives (1971–2012), a collection of over 30,000 comic books, and the Joseph Campbell Library on mythology. The 13-acre campus includes a park with ten monumental outdoor sculptures.