--- title: 'Star Wars' Creator George Lucas Will Open His Museum in Chicago description: Director George Lucas says he will open a museum in Chicago showcasing both his 40-year career and his collection of American art canonical: https://time.com/2919719/george-lucas-museum-chicago/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-25T06:32:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:36:29.747Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Star Wars' Creator George Lucas Will Open His Museum in Chicago og:description: Director George Lucas says he will open a museum in Chicago showcasing both his 40-year career and his collection of American art og:url: https://time.com/2919719/george-lucas-museum-chicago/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt568f80df2b254389/698699263bc999b13f1a43f6/ap259956361027.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Lucas Museum-Chicago og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Star Wars' Creator George Lucas Will Open His Museum in Chicago twitter:description: Director George Lucas says he will open a museum in Chicago showcasing both his 40-year career and his collection of American art twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt568f80df2b254389/698699263bc999b13f1a43f6/ap259956361027.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Star Wars_ Creator George Lucas Has Chosen Chicago for His Museum > Sponsored content. 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Star Wars creator George Lucas has selected Chicago to build his museum of art and movie memorabiliaKiichiro Sato—AP by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Jun 25, 2014 6:32 AM UTC After [sort of retiring](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/george-lucas-retiring-star-wars-director-shift-focus-building-hobby-films-article-1.1087618) from Hollywood in 2012, director George Lucas [has announced](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chicago-gets-george-lucas-museum-714716) that he will open a museum in Chicago showcasing both his 40-year career as a filmmaker and the extensive art collection he amassed along the way. Some have criticized the museum as a [monument to hubris](http://bigthink.com/Picture-This/can-you-imagine-a-george-lucas-museum), but perhaps he’s earned it. Few dispute that Lucas has established himself as one of the [successful](http://bigthink.com/Picture-This/can-you-imagine-a-george-lucas-museum) and [influential](http://chronicle.com/article/Why-George-Lucas-Is-the/134942) figures in the history of American cinema: this is the man, after all, who gave us _Star Wars_ and _Indiana Jones_. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is slated to open in 2018 next to Soldier Field. Lucas will put down at least $700 million to finance its construction. In addition to paraphernalia from the sets of Lucas’ films, the museum will house his [immense collection](http://www.presidio.gov/about/Documents/11%5FGeorge%20Lucas.pdf) of American art by painters Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth and others. He said in a statement that choosing the planned museum’s location proved a “difficult decision,” and only came after fierce bidding between Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The latter was his first choice — he grew up across the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in the sleepy town of Modesto — but he turned his attention elsewhere when he couldn’t nab a desired location on the city’s waterfront. A social media campaign led by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to bring the museum to the crucible of American cinema apparently failed to compete with Chicago’s lobbying effort, which [the Chicago _Tribune_ described](http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-sources-say-chicago-to-win-lucas-museum-20140624,0,6741871.story) as “aggressive.” (Personal factors may have directed Lucas’ choice as well — Mellody Hobson, whom he married last summer, grew up in the city.) “This is a milestone for the city, but it is just one milestone on a journey as we build this new museum,” [Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said](http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/sneed-exclusive-chicago-get-george-lucas-museum/tue-06242014-346pm-1) when announcing the decision. Chicago welcomed a [record 46.37 million tourists](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-09-06/travel/chi-chicago-tourism-20130906%5F1%5Fchoose-chicago-international-visitors-percent-rise) in 2012. 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