Construction of the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has begun, and is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. The exhibitions will explain the myths, legends, stories and portraits of people that shape societies and bring them together as one, with art from paintings and digital works to comic strips and movies like “Star Wars.” The multistory 100,000-square-foot museum is designed to resemble Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon spacecraft, surrounded by 11 acres of green space, underground parking, a restaurant, movie theaters and other amenities. Continue reading for two more videos, pictures and information.
“Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, are picking up the cost, which museum officials expect will exceed $1 billion for construction and its operating endowment. That will make it the largest public gift ever given to a municipality, local officials say. The museum will be in Exposition Park, across the street from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the California Science Center and the California African American Museum and on the edge of the University of Southern California, where Lucas studied in the 1960s,” reports Yahoo News.
