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Sources for The Lucas Museum Put the Parking Underground

Published Sep 23, 2026

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  1. Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens to the Public on September 22, 2026

    Lucas Museum of Narrative Art / 2026-09-02 / Primary, interested-party

    Public opening date; founders; building and gallery dimensions; architects; central arch; campus size; tree count; garden features; free public access; plant strategy; address; opening events.

    Accessed 2026-09-23

  2. Explore Our Campus

    Lucas Museum of Narrative Art / n.d. / Primary, interested-party

    Campus program; landscape architects; rainwater capture; solar energy; relationship between the lifted building, public paths and Exposition Park.

    Accessed 2026-09-23

  3. Lucas Museum of Narrative Art arrives as one of L.A.’s boldest, most contradictory buildings

    Sam Lubell / 2026-09-02 / Secondary

    Building length and form; former parking-lot condition; public-landscape assessment; accessibility limitations; institutional control; architecture and landscape criticism.

    Accessed 2026-09-23

  4. George Lucas’ spaceship of a museum lands in L.A. with a wonderful surprise

    Sam Lubell / 2025-06-18 / Secondary

    Landscape over underground parking; lightweight foam used to form topography; public access; neighborhood connections; rainwater strategy; Jesse Brewer Jr. Park and replacement sports-field improvements.

    Accessed 2026-09-23

  5. As $1-billion Lucas Museum is set to open, contractor sues over unpaid bills

    Jessica Gelt / 2026-09-09 / Secondary

    Project cost; 99-year lease and nominal rent; private-financing claim; public-benefit obligations; admission price; contractor litigation and disputed public-versus-private classification.

    Accessed 2026-09-23

  6. Lucas Museum Reveals How Its Collection, Building, and Park Are Developing Together to Create an Institution Dedicated to Narrative Art

    Lucas Museum of Narrative Art / 2022-03-15 / Primary, interested-party

    Former asphalt-lot condition; new neighborhood access points; rain-harvesting system; early landscape construction; amphitheater, bridge and hanging-garden program.

    Accessed 2026-09-23

Image Sources

  1. Aerial photograph showing the completed Lucas Museum, gardens, paths and planted landforms at the western edge of Exposition Park.

    Hufton+Crow for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art / 2026 / Permission needed; available in the official press release and press kit, with reuse terms not independently confirmed.

    Permission contact: press@lucasmuseum.org

    Original file: https://lucasmuseum.org/media/8e8977bd-e04d-4388-a6f2-8393fa57e6d1/01-courtesy-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-photo-by-huftoncrow.jpg?crop=7592%2C7647%2Cx0%2Cy0%2Csafe&format=jpg&quality=80&width=1000