Watch George Lucas, Mellody Hobson, Ma Yansong, and Mia Lehrer speak about the Lucas Museum opening
LA's new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens its futuristic doors to the public tomorrow, September 22, concluding a process that spans nearly two decades across several possible host cities (revisit Archinect's extensive coverage to catch up on the project's timeline).
Earlier this month, our team attended the big preview event, which, besides tours of the building and the stunning landscape surrounding and covering it, also featured speeches by leading figures in its inception and creation: the patrons themselves, of course, George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, architect and MAD founder Ma Yansong, and landscape architect Mia Lehrer, founder of Studio-MLA.
Here's what they had to say:
George Lucas & Mellody HobsonGeorge Lucas & Mellody Hobson. Video by Archinect, recorded on September 2, 2026.
Mellody Hobson, sharing the stage with George Lucas, took to the microphone first, describing the Lucas Museum as the culmination of a decades-long effort by Lucas, following unsuc...