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100,000 square feet of gallery space Hours<\/p>\n Monday, 10 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m. What is narrative art?<\/p>\n It illustrates stories, basically show and tell \u2014 much like this informational graphic that shows you the museum, not just tells you about it.<\/p>\n Architecture<\/p>\n Some say the building looks like a ship from one of the \u201cStar Wars\u201d films, but its designer, Ma Yansong, said he saw it as a cloud and the hills of L.A.<\/p>\n Theaters<\/p>\n Slavko BorkapichTheater: Mostly short films that are a few minutes long<\/p>\n Robert Flaherty Theater: Documentaries, the longest is 1 hour 33 minutes.<\/p>\n The murals<\/p>\n Some are original size. Banksy has an exhibit. Access is through the south elevators on Level 4.<\/p>\n The cinema section in the heart of the galleries features many \u201cStar Wars\u201d costumes, models and ships.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a museum by the people, for the people.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 George Lucas<\/p>\n Lucas said in a press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 2, \u201cYou cannot force creativity on people\u2026 it has to be inspired. This museum\u2019s mission is to light a spark in people.\u201d<\/p>\n Residents of the 90037 ZIP code in South Los Angeles can visit the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art for free using the special LM37 pass.<\/p>\n How much to get in?<\/p>\n Kids under age 17: free admission<\/p>\n Active-duty military: free admission<\/p>\n Seniors (65+): $21<\/p>\n Adults: $25<\/p>\n The surrounding park, gardens, library and exterior areas are completely free and open to the public.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Source: The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A look at the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art that\u2019s opening in Los Angeles this month on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6276,48,52,51,47,50,49,1399,100,1925,420],"class_list":["post-454377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-infographic","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-star-wars","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTwo movie theaters with many films
\nSkywalker Grill restaurant. Menu online here.<\/a>
\nStarbucks cafe
\nGift shop
\nResearch library
\nSculpture garden
\nOutdoor amphitheater
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\nTuesday, Closed
\nWednesday, 10 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m.
\nThursday, 10 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m.
\nFriday, 10 a.m. \u2013 9 p.m.
\nSaturday, 9 a.m. \u2013 9 p.m.
\nSunday, 9 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788602426_789_photos-1.jpg\")
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