At the beginning of this year it was officially announced that Los Angeles would become the future home of George Lucas’ Museum of Narrative Art. Several months after that announcement, we saw a collection of concept art images that were being considered for the design and construction of the museum.
Today Variety lets us know that George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson met with the Los Angeles City Council and received a unanimous approval to begin construction, which is currently slated to begin in early 2018 with an estimated opening set for 2021.
According to the article, the museum will be constructed adjacent to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson spoke to the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday as they gave their unanimous approval to the Museum of Narrative Art, the $1 billion project to be built in Exposition Park that will showcase their collection.
Groundbreaking is estimated for early next year, with a 36-month construction timeline and an opening set for sometime in 2021.
Earlier this year, Lucas announced that he had selected Los Angeles for the project, after previous proposals to locate in San Francisco, his hometown, and in Chicago, Hobson’s hometown, stalled out. The museum is a gift to the city of Los Angeles, and will come with an endowment of at least $400 million.
With unanimous support from our City Council, the Lucas Museum is officially coming home to L.A.! Thank you, George Lucas & Mellody Hobson! pic.twitter.com/tiWx9FIYdB
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) June 27, 2017
