After a decade of plans and delays, George Lucas's museum finally opens in Los Angeles on Sept. 22 — and you cannot just walk up to the door.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens to the public on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. Every visitor needs a timed-entry ticket booked in advance.
Admission is $25 for adults and $21 for seniors 65 and older. Visitors 17 and under get in free, as do active-duty military and EBT cardholders.
The address is One Lucas Plaza, 3800 S. Vermont Ave., in Exposition Park — the same LA campus as the Coliseum and the science museums.
The cloud-like 300,000-square-foot building is by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, working with Stantec. Forbes puts the project near $1 billion.
More than 100,000 square feet of galleries — over 30 of them — hold more than 1,300 works in the opening exhibitions. Plan on more than one visit.
One gallery is devoted to Star Wars: concept designs, props and costumes from the first six films. The photo above is a traveling Star Wars show.
The collection runs from Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera to Norman Rockwell, Frank Frazetta, Robert Crumb and Banksy.
Lucas founded the museum with his wife, investor Mellody Hobson. Their pitch: narrative art, from cave paintings to comics, deserves a museum.
The 13-acre campus is a park with 10 monumental sculptures, including scenes from Episodes II and VI. The grounds and research library are free.
Two cinemas, a research library and the Skywalker Grill round out the visit. Book the timed slot first at lucasmuseum.org — the rest follows.