# George Lucas Museum Opens in LA

> George Lucas's $1 billion museum of narrative art opens in Los Angeles with Star Wars exhibits and art.
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## Star Wars Temple
George Lucas called his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art a 'temple to the people’s art' and a project that 'almost broke my will.'

> temple to the people’s art
## 17-Year Wait
Seventeen years after it was first envisioned, the museum opens to the public on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

> 17 years
## Los Angeles Location
The $1 billion institution in Exposition Park near the University of Southern California has become a life’s work for Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson.

> $1 billion
## Star Wars in Motion
The inaugural 'Star Wars in Motion' exhibit shows vehicles from the original trilogy and Lucas-directed prequels.

> Star Wars in Motion
## Banksy Murals
Two walls of Banksy stenciled murals, including a girl releasing a heart-shaped balloon, are in a fifth-floor gallery.

> girl releasing a heart-shaped balloon
## Frida Kahlo Portrait
A 1940 Frida Kahlo self-portrait, acquired in 2020, is described as 'The Mona Lisa of Mexico' by the museum’s director.

> The Mona Lisa of Mexico
## Poker Game Art
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s 1894 'Poker Game' shows dogs playing cards, a lowbrow piece now in a high art museum.

> Poker Game
## Key takeaway

George Lucas's new museum in Los Angeles opens to the public with Star Wars artifacts and diverse art collections.