LA Joins Battle for George Lucas Museum
- June 11, 2014 22:31
Giving Chicago and San Francisco a run for their money, Los Angeles is now in the bidding for the $300 million museum proposed by "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" creator George Lucas.
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has launched social media campaigns and sent a personal letter to Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, to entice the new museum, with collections of American art, movie memorabilia, and more, to his city.
Garcetti is proposing to locate the museum in Exposition Park, which includes the California Science Center and the Natural History Center near USC, which is Lucas's alma mater.
![A 19th century Seven Piece "Chrysanthemum" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago](/images/c/78/96/Tiffany___Co__Makers_Seven_Piece_"Chrysanthem100x100_c.jpg "A 19th century Seven Piece \"Chrysanthemum\" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago")
_-Closing-the-Distance_100x100_c.jpg "Lot 204: Bob Kuhn (1920–2007),Closing the Distance, 1977, acrylic on masonite, 24 x 48 in, Sold: $409,500")
