On Los Angeles’s south side, Exposition Park brings several cultural stops together around the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, a museum devoted to visual storytelling across cultures and centuries. Its broad collection, large gallery spaces and location beside other museums make it a cultural outing to plan as part of a visit to the park.
- Location: One Lucas Plaza, in Exposition Park
- Collection: More than 40,000 works across 35 galleries
- Admission: $25 for adults; advance timed-entry booking is required for everyone
- Transit: The E Line Expo/Vermont Metro station is the closest public transit stop
The museum and its location in Exposition Park
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art stands at One Lucas Plaza in Exposition Park, between Bill Robertson Lane and Vermont Avenue. George Lucas and Mellody Hobson co-founded it to explore visual storytelling across cultures and centuries, with subjects ranging from prehistoric cave paintings to illustration, comics, cinema and murals.
Ma Yansong of MAD designed the 300,000-square-foot building with Stantec. Around it, a 13-acre campus includes a park designed by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA. The museum sits next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Natural History Museum.
What does the collection cover?
The permanent collection holds more than 40,000 works, displayed across 35 galleries covering 100,000 square feet. You can find illustration, comic art, children’s-book and science-fiction illustration, and murals from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Cinematic material includes movie posters and documentary features on artists and filmmakers. General admission includes access to the galleries, exhibitions and theaters, giving the museum’s varied subjects room to span both static images and moving pictures.
Opening hours, tickets and reservations
Timed-entry tickets must be booked in advance for every visitor, including members and accompanying children. General admission costs $25 for adults and $21 for seniors aged 65 and over. Admission is free for children 17 and under, members, active-duty military and LM37 passholders; the pass is for residents of ZIP code 90037.
They are closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Last entry is 45 minutes before closing.
Opening hours
- Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 10 AM–5 PM
- Friday: 10 AM–9 PM
- Saturday: 9 AM–9 PM
- Sunday: 9 AM–5 PM
- Tuesday: closed
Last checked November 2026. Hours can change on holidays and for special events.
The Park & Gardens open at 8:00 a.m. and close at sunset; you can visit them without a museum ticket. The store, Skywalker Grill and Café also do not require a museum ticket.
The Research Library opens at 10:00 a.m. and closes one hour before the museum. Check the official site before you go, since hours and ticket details can change.
How do you get to the museum from the motel area?
From a Los Angeles motel, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is about an 8-minute drive from Florentina Motel.
For public transit, the closest stop is the E Line Expo/Vermont Metro station at Exposition Boulevard and Vermont Avenue; the Vermont/39th Metro Local 204 bus stop is also next to the museum. You can pair your visit with the nearby Natural History Museum.
You can enter from either Vermont Avenue or Bill Robertson Lane. Rideshare and ADA drop-off is on Bill Robertson Lane across from the Natural History Museum, at 3875 Bill Robertson Lane. The museum can be reached on foot, by bike, car, rideshare and other means. Accessible pathways and ramps connect park museums, gardens, parking areas and event venues.
What else can you visit in Exposition Park?
Exposition Park also contains the California Science Center and Natural History Museum, so you can combine the museum with another nearby attraction. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County focuses on natural history, and its guide to hours, tickets and getting there covers practical planning details.
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is next to the Lucas Museum, making the park an easy place to pair museum-going with a look at the stadium.
FAQs
Do you need to reserve a ticket in advance?
Yes. Every visitor needs a timed-entry ticket booked in advance, including members and accompanying children.
Is the museum open every day?
Open Wednesday to Monday; closed Tuesday. No. It is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Can you visit the Park & Gardens without museum admission?
Yes. The Park & Gardens do not require a museum ticket and open at 8:00 a.m., closing at sunset.
Where is the museum in Exposition Park?
It is at One Lucas Plaza, between Bill Robertson Lane and Vermont Avenue, next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Natural History Museum.