by Christi Carras
March 14, 2018
George Lucas' Museum of Narrative Art is no longer just a concept in a galaxy far, far away.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the non-profit museum took place on Wednesday at its future location in parking lot three of Los Angeles' Exposition Park, launching a 36-month construction plan that will culminate in a five-story building. In addition to its narrative art collections spanning several media from paintings to film, the museum will house dining, theaters, lecture halls, classrooms, and a public research library.
"In my feeling, popular art is an insight into a society and what they aspire to - what they really are," Lucas explained at the ceremony. "It's telling the narrative of their story, their history."
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who also spoke at the ceremony, told Variety that Lucas' and his wife and co-founder Mellody Hobson's primary goal for the museum is to inspire a future generation of creatives.