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More about the museum : The museum will house 35 galleries across 100,000 square feet. The museum’s permanent collection encompasses more than 40,000 works. Officials said the space will house one of the most significant collections of narrative art.

What artists are included? The Lucas Museum’s collection features works by Norman Rockwell, Kadir Nelson, Frida Kahlo, Maxfield Parrish and others. Comic art creators, including Winsor McCay, Frank Frazetta and Chris Ware, will also be featured. The museum also houses models, props, concept art and costumes from museum co-founder George Lucas’s filmmaking career.

Officials said : “This is a museum of the people’s art—the images are illustrations of beliefs we live with every day. For that reason, this art belongs to everyone,” L

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