Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens in Los Angeles on 22 September
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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles on 22 September 2026, bringing visual art, cinema, illustration and architecture together at a new cultural institution in Exposition Park.
On 22 September 2026, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens to the public in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park. Founded by filmmaker George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the museum is devoted to narrative art: visual storytelling across painting, illustration, comics, photography, murals and cinema.
The collection brings together more than 40,000 works, with the inaugural presentation drawing on more than 1,300 objects. Artists represented include Artemisia Gentileschi, Norman Rockwell, Frida Kahlo, Robert Colescott, Frank Frazetta and Robert Crumb, alongside material from the Lucas Archives covering decades of film production.
Cinema is treated as part of the same visual tradition rather than as a separate subject. Two theatres will run a programme ranging from early silent film and experimental cinema to animation and documentary, while galleries present film-related production art, costumes and props.
Architecture is another reason to add the Lucas Museum Los Angeles to a cultural itinerary. Designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects with Stantec, the 300,000-square-foot building has more than 100,000 square feet of gallery space. The surrounding 13-acre park and gardens were designed by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA.
For visitors planning Los Angeles art and culture in autumn 2026, the opening adds a new institution to the city's museum circuit. Admission is $25 for adults, with timed-entry tickets required in advance; children aged 17 and under enter free.
