Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Offers Free Admission to Neighboring Residents Ahead of Opening – The museum’s collection, which boasts the original Lucasfilm archives retained by Lucas after the company’s 2012 sale to Disney for $4 billion

According to census data, the 3-square-mile 90037 ZIP code includes more than 17,000 households. A quarter of the predominantly Hispanic and African American population lives below the poverty line. The Lucas Museum resides at the ZIP code’s northern boundary, within Exposition Park, which also features the California Science Center as well as L.A. County’s Natural History Museum.

The renowned landscape designer Mia Lehrer — whose other projects include SoFi Stadium — is behind the Lucas Museum’s grounds, which complement Ma Yansong’s otherworldly architecture. “Our gardens and public spaces are really their backyard now,” Bates notes of the local community. “We want to give them reasons to visit.”