Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

[TonyDown]

https://lucasmuseum.org/

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens September 22, 2026.  The museum has been hosting previews.  I went yesterday.

The location is in Exposition Park, Los Angeles.

It's huge, as one might see from pictures of the exterior. 

There is a wide variety of works displayed, and much more.  A library.  A café.  Theaters.  Outside spaces.  

I spent 5 hours viewing collections and watching film, but did not experience nearly everything.  I tend to stop and try to understand what I'm looking at, which takes time, of course.   

If you go, I recommend to have a game plan.  Perhaps go for an early morning slot, stop for lunch in the café and then continue.  Some of the external landscaping is not done, if that matters.  So, by waiting, you may get a different sense of the place when the landscaping construction is ready.

I discussed in another thread my anticipation to see the J.C. Leyendecker pieces.  Unfortunately, these were located across various spaces, which left me to go on a treasure hunt to find them.  The Leyendecker pieces were dwarfed by the number of works by Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parrish.  I loved the Maxfield Parrish collection. 

I hope to go again, someday!