{"id":669537,"date":"2026-09-02T23:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/669537\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T23:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:16:12","slug":"lucas-museum-to-open-in-los-angeles-with-vast-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/669537\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Museum to open in Los Angeles with vast collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Modesto native George Lucas goes big \u2014 11 acres big \u2014 at his soon-to-open museum in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The feature on the large space is a 300,000-square-foot state-of-the-art building with a library and galleries \u201cwhere you can see everything from works by Frida Kahlo and Banksy to the film archives of George Lucas himself,\u201d according to an online story by nbclosangeles.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is schedule to open Sept. 22, but tickets for day one and several other early dates already have sold out, a Los Angeles Daily News story<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

\"Modesto Modesto native George Lucas was grand marshal of the 2013 American Graffiti Parade in downtown Modesto. The Modesto Bee <\/p>\n

Founded by the iconic filmmaker and Downey High graduate, and his wife, Mellody Hobson, the museum is \u201cdevoted to the art of storytelling through images, including Lucas\u2019 vast personal collection amassed over 50 years,\u201d the LA Daily News story said.<\/p>\n

The galleries include classic and modern comics, children\u2019s stories, fantasy, history, community, art and artists, it reports. \u201cThe Lucas Archives include extensive collections of materials from the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies.\u201d<\/p>\n

But patrons should not expect just \u201cStar Wars\u201d and other Lucas projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really excited about our Star Wars in Motion exhibit, which I know many people will be. But it really is just one gallery of 30 galleries in the entire museum,\u201d Tracey Bates, CEO of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, said in the nbclosangeles.com<\/a> story. \u201cSo you will see everything from graphic novels to comics to photography, Frank Frazetta to fantasy illustration to so many things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside, the museum will be surrounded by public parks and gardens.<\/p>\n

Tickets went on sale in July and are available for online purchase: $25 adults; $21 ages 65 and older; free ages 17 and under, as well as for active military. To purchase, go to my.lucasmuseum.org\/production\/timed-entry\/86,205<\/a><\/p>\n

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is at One Lucas Plaza in Los Angeles. For more, see lucasmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get the Eat. Sip. Play. newsletter in your inbox Available now: Sign up here for the best food,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,366,18,117,19,17],"class_list":["post-669537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117203999287555703","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}