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After nearly four years of delays, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on Wednesday announced that it will open Sept. 22, 2026.

The $1 billion, 300,000-square-foot museum — designed by MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong — broke ground in Exposition Park, adjacent to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, in 2018. Originally scheduled to complete major construction in 2021 , the museum hit its first major setback that same year when health protocols arising from the COVID-19 pandemic slowed progress on the project. In 2022 the museum pushed its debut to 2025 , attributing the decision to global supply-chain issues that made procuring construction materials difficult.

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