George Lucas (Founder) (Visionary filmmaker and primary patron of the museum’s collection)

Mellody Hobson (Founder) (Businesswoman and philanthropist instrumental in establishing the institution)

Ma Yansong / MAD Architects (Architect) (Designer of the fluid, 300,000-square-foot cloud-like building)

Norman Rockwell (Artist) (Extensive collection of his classic American illustrations)

Judy Baca (Archive) (Acquisition of materials related to “The History of California” / Great Wall of Los Angeles)

Separate Cinema Archive (Historical Film Archive) (37,000 objects tracking the history of African American cinema)

Jack Kirby (Comic Artist) (Iconic comic book illustrations featured in the narrative collection)

N.C. Wyeth (Artist) (Key contributor to the museum’s classic illustration holdings)

R. Crumb (Artist) (Groundbreaking underground comics and visual expression)

Mark Newman (Sculpture) (Bronze captures of Star Wars scenes like “Padmé Fights Off Nexu”)

Mark Newman & Giovanni Nakpil (Sculpture) (“Princess Leia Frees Herself from Jabba the Hutt” in bronze)

Lawrence Noble (Sculpture) (“The Introduction” bronze capturing Yoda and Grogu)

Lawrence Noble (Sculpture) (“Eadweard Muybridge with Camera” honoring the pioneer of motion study)

Antonin Mercié (Sculpture) (“David After the Combat,” late 19th-century bronze masterpiece)

Benjamin Victor (Sculpture) (“Rosie the Riveter” bronze honoring the cultural icon)

Fernando Botero (Sculpture) (“Maternity” bronze, exemplifying his signature volumetric style)

Kitchen Sink Press (Publisher Archive) (Works from the influential independent underground comics publisher)

Carrie Mae Weems (Artist) (Major works featured in the permanent visual storytelling collection)

Diego Rivera (Artist) (Masterworks represented in the galleries)

Frank Frazetta (Artist) (Iconic fantasy illustrations and paintings)

Ralph McQuarrie (Concept Artist) (Original conceptual paintings that shaped the Star Wars universe)

Jacob Lawrence (Artist) (Dynamic narrative paintings capturing African American history)

Gordon Parks (Photographer) (Seminal photographic storytelling and photojournalism)

Dorothea Lange (Photographer) (Historic documentary photography works on display)

Black Eyed Peas (Celebrity Event) (Performed at the museum’s A-List grand opening night in September 2026)