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Lucas Museum Opens in LA With 40,000+ Works

By Drooid · Sep 24, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC · How we work

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Lucas Museum Opens

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Chinese architect Ma Yansong designed the $1 billion museum.
The building spans 28,000 sq m on 11 acres, with 9,300 sq m of galleries.
It features 1,271 curved fiber-reinforced polymer panels and a 56-meter central arch.
The permanent collection exceeds 40,000 works.

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Museum Offers Free Admission

The museum opened with free admission for residents of its zip code.
A three-story research library is free and open to all visitors.
Thirty-three galleries are organized around myths such as motherhood, work, family, and love.
The 13-acre campus was formerly an asphalt parking lot.
Steven Spielberg sits on the board, praising the venue for under-represented illustrators.

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Lucas Museum Opens

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Chinese architect Ma Yansong designed the $1 billion museum.
The building spans 28,000 sq m on 11 acres, with 9,300 sq m of galleries.
It features 1,271 curved fiber-reinforced polymer panels and a 56-meter central arch.
The permanent collection exceeds 40,000 works.

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