The Lucas Museum lands in L.A. like a spaceship

The Lucas Museum lands in L.A. like a spaceship

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September 22, 2026

There is no missing the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, our critic writes. It hovers like a spaceship on the skyline in South Los Angles and houses the art collection of the “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas and Mellody Hobson

A white curving building that looks like a spaceship on a green lawn.

Jake Michaels for The New York Times

Our critic took a tour of the billion-dollar behemoth. →

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