Tickets for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will go on sale Tuesday ahead of the institution’s Sept. 22 opening in Exposition Park.
The Lucas Museum was co-founded by filmmaker George Lucas and business executive Mellody Hobson to explore storytelling through visual art spanning prehistoric cave paintings to contemporary screen art.
Sales will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday for visits between Sept. 22 and Feb. 28, 2027. Admission will cost $25 for adults and $21 for seniors age 65 and older, while children 17 and younger will be admitted free, according to the museum.
The museum also said admission will be free for active-duty military personnel, personal aides or attendants accompanying visitors, and EBT cardholders.
Additional information on student, group and corporate ticket programs will be announced later, officials said.
“From the very beginning, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson envisioned a museum where everyone feels welcome and sees it as their own,” Lucas Museum CEO Tracey Bates said in an earlier statement. “Storytelling has the power to bring people together and create a sense of community.”
Earlier this month, the museum announced it would offer free admission to residents living in the 90037 ZIP code surrounding Exposition Park through its LM37 pass program. Pass holders will be able to reserve free admission for themselves and one guest, with registration expected to open in August.
The museum will also host a community preview day on Sept. 13, giving local residents, community partners, business owners and civic leaders an opportunity to tour the facility before it opens to the public.
Tickets for the Sept. 13 preview event will be distributed through community organizations, local government officials and registered pass holders, according to the museum.
The museum is housed in a 300,000-square-foot building designed by architect Ma Yansong. The campus also includes an 11-acre park designed by landscape architect Mia Lehrer and Studio-MLA.
The Lucas Museum said its inaugural presentations will feature more than 1,200 artworks displayed across approximately 100,000 square feet of gallery space.
Among the opening exhibitions will be “Star Wars in Motion,” featuring props, costumes and vehicle designs from the first six films in the franchise, including Luke Skywalker’s landspeeder and the first physical build of General Grievous’ Wheel Bike.
Other galleries will explore comic and graphic storytelling through works by artists including Jack Kirby and Alison Bechdel, while additional exhibitions will highlight Japanese manga and anime, children’s book illustrations and imagery from film and popular culture, officials said.
The inaugural lineup will also include works by artists and illustrators including Thomas Hart Benton, Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth and Frank Frazetta, as well as photography by Dorothea Lange and Gordon Parks and large-scale mural works by artists including Diego Rivera.
More information can be found at lucasmuseum.org/.