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George Lucas Museum to be built in Los Angeles
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It s official! The George Lucas Museum will be built
in Los Angeles. The announcement from the Lucas Museum
of Narrative Art Board of Directors follows:

"After extensive due diligence and deliberation,
the Board of Directors of the Lucas Museum of
Narrative Art is pleased to announce plans to
build the museum in Exposition Park in Los
Angeles. We have been humbled by the
overwhelmingly positive support we received
from both San Francisco and Los Angeles during
our selection process. Settling on a location
proved to be an extremely difficult decision
precisely because of the desirability of both
sites and cities.

The board wishes to extend a special thanks to
Mayor Ed Lee and the San Francisco Board of
Supervisors for their tremendous efforts and
engagement. While each location offers many
unique and wonderful attributes, South Los
Angeles's Promise Zone best positions the museum
to have the greatest impact on the broader
community, fulfilling our goal of inspiring,
engaging and educating a broad and diverse
visitorship. Exposition Park is a magnet for the
region and accessible from all parts of the
city. As a museum uniquely focused on narrative
art, we look forward to becoming part of a
dynamic museum community, surrounded by more
than 100 elementary and high schools, one of the
country s leading universities as well as three
other world-class museums.

Now we turn our attention to finalizing the
details and building what we believe will be one
of the most imaginative and inclusive art museums
in the world a global destination that all
Angelenos and Californians will be proud to call
their own."

Lucas first wanted to build the museum in San Francisco,
but he ran into opposition about the location. He then
turned to Chicago, but ran into the same problem. Two
competing plans then emerged, one for Treasure Island in
San Francisco Bay and the other at Exposition Park. Lucas
will fund the project, which is expected to cost $1 billion.

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will be a gathering place
to experience narrative art and the evolution of moving
images from illustration to cinema to the digital mediums
of the future. The museum's seed collection - a gift from
founder George Lucas - spans a century-and-a-half and
features the images and the mediums that have profoundly
shaped our cultural heritage. The foundational collection
will continue to grow and evolve as the Lucas Museum of
Narrative Art acquires more works.

You can learn lots more about the Lucas Museum by clicking
here: http://lucasmuseum.org/


Source: <http://www.comingsoon.net/extras/news/801993-george-lucas-museum-to-be- built-in-los-angeles>

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