Overview
- The $1 billion, 300,000-square-foot complex in Exposition Park was designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects.
- The museum will provide about 100,000 square feet of exhibitions across roughly 35 galleries, with theaters, a research library, a restaurant run with Oak View Group’s Rhubarb Hospitality, a cafe, and a shop.
- The collection spans fine art and popular culture and includes the Lucas Archives of models, props, concept art, and costumes.
- An 11-acre park by Mia Lehrer’s Studio-MLA will be open to non-ticketed visitors from sunrise to sunset with native landscaping and more than 200 new trees.
- Following leadership changes and staff reductions earlier this year, interim CEO Jim Gianopulos oversees preparations for public programming and visitor services.