# George Lucas Museum Opens in LA, Treating Pop Art as High Art

The new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles dedicates 93% of its space to non-Star Wars narrative art.

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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles opens to the public on September 22, 2026. [^1]

Museum CEO Tracey Bates stated that the Star Wars franchise occupies only 7% of the museum's space. [^2]

Nearly everything in the museum's collection comes from the personal collection of George Lucas or his wife, Mellody Hobson. [^3]

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art spans 100,000 square feet of galleries. [^4]

The museum treats the work of populist painters, commercial illustrators, and comic artists with reverence normally reserved for Rembrandts. [^5]

## What this stands on

1. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles opens to the public on September 22, 2026. (WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando, News)
2. Museum CEO Tracey Bates stated that the Star Wars franchise occupies only 7% of the museum's space. (WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando, News)
3. Nearly everything in the museum's collection comes from the personal collection of George Lucas or his wife, Mellody Hobson. (WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando, News)
4. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art spans 100,000 square feet of galleries. (WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando, News)
5. The museum treats the work of populist painters, commercial illustrators, and comic artists with reverence normally reserved for Rembrandts. (Winnipeg Free Press, News)

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