The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, co-founded by George Lucas & Mellody Hobson, have unveiled their inaugural exhibitions, including Cinema which will focus on a selection of production designs, props and costumes from the Lucas Archives including Star Wars.
Image: Doug Chiang, Podrace Crash, production art for “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” 1995–99. Digital print.
Here are all 18 inaugural exhibitions available to see on opening day, September 22nd, 2026, featuring over 1,200 individual objects, spanning over 30 galleries that occupy approx. 100,000 square feet: –
• Architecture: Innovative designs that inspired the architectural vision of the museum
• Benton: Selected works of Thomas Hart Benton’s depiction of American life
• Children’s Stories: Illustrations of children’s literature by Beatrix Potter, Leo Politi, E.H. Shepard, Jacob Lawerence and more
• Cinema: A selection of production designs, props and costumes from the Lucas Archives
• Everyday Life: A series of galleries dedicated to visual stories about chil.dhood, community, family, love, motherhood, play, school, sports and work
• Civic Life: Portrayals of the courthouse, the polling place, political headquarters and more
• Comics • Graphic Stories: American and European comics, including works by Mœbius, Marie Severin, Jack Kirby, Alison Bechdel, Jim Lee, Frank Miller and Rafael Navarro
• Manga • Anime: Influential work in Japanese illustration and animation
• Frazetta: Frank Frazetta illustrations and book covers
• History: Paintings, prints and illustrations of major historical events
• Jessie Willcox Smith: Scenes by the illustrator of fairy tales and childhood scenes
• Murals: Large-scale, public works of narrative art by Judith F. Baca, Diego Rivera and JR
• Narrative Forms: Narrative art across genres of adventure, fantasy, romance and science fiction by artists Julie Bell, Boris Vallejo, Ken Kelly, Georges Méliès, John C. Berkey and Jeffrey Catherine Jones
• Parrish: Works by illustrator Maxfield Parrish
• Photography: Documentary images by Robert Capa, Gordon Parks, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dorothea Lange and more
• Rockwell: Works by Norman Rockwell
• Wyeth: Book illustrations from the 1910s through the 1940s by N.C. Wyeth
• Western Stories: Myths of the American West, including wagon trains, shoot-outs, frontier towns and more
Head to the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art website to learn more about the museum and some of the artwork and exhibits on display.
