The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art stands in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. Ma Yansong of MAD Architects designed it, with Stantec as architect of record and Studio-MLA designing 11 acres of park. Filmmaker George Lucas and Mellody Hobson founded it. Groundbreaking was on March 14, 2018. The opening slipped from 2021 to 2023, then 2025, and it opened on September 22, 2026. The article names no style or materials.
The building has nearly 300,000 square feet (28,000 m²) over five levels, with 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²) of galleries. It also holds a library, learning studios, two theaters, a restaurant and a cafe.
The collection covers painting, illustration, comic art and film, including the Separate Cinema Archive of about 37,000 objects on African American cinema. Plans for San Francisco and Chicago sites failed before Los Angeles was chosen in 2017. The article gives no hours or admission.
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