With its eye firmly set on a 2025 opening, the Lucas Museum of Narative Art is forging its way towards completion. With $1billion spent on this impressive five-storey museum sitting within an 11-acre garden site on the western side of Exposition Park, the history contained within (100,000 piece art collection of Roman, renaissance and modern pieces) and dining and retail spaces, the Lucas Museum is sure to become a must-see place to visit for LA natives and anyone visiting the city. Urbanize LA bring us their latest update as those days continue to trickle down to the opening.
The more than $1-billion project from Star Wars and Indiana Jones creator George Lucas, under construction since 2018, will become the home of the famed director’s 100,000-piece art collection, which includes Roman mosaics, Renaissance paintings, and contemporary photography.
MAD Architects, is designing the five-story, approximately 300,000-square-foot building, while Stantec is serving as executive architect. The Lucas Museum has a steel frame, clad in 1,500 glass fiber reinforced polymer panels, and a rooftop composed of greenery and solar panels.
The museum has been billed as an extension of Exposition Park’s tree canopy, adding new perimeter landscaping and a plaza at the center of the 11-acre site. Gardens designed by Studio-MLA will serve as new entry points to the park, while also providing spaces such as an amphitheater, a hanging garden, and a pedestrian bridge.
We’re excited to see what Angelenos will have on their doorsteps in 2025, and as soon as we have an opening date we’ll be sure to bring that to you.
