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A mural titled "The Statue of Liberty's Silent Protest" - featuring Lady Liberty covering her face with her hands and her torch now lying on her chest – has been unveiled in France. The artwork by ...
National Portrait Gallery loses Amy Sherald exhibition after disagreement over the display of her controversial transgender ...
Georgina Schuyler’s campaign to include Emma Lazarus’ poem on the statue was a retort to nativism. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via New-York Historical Society, MadGrin via Wikimedia ...
Museums & Institutions The Public Can Now Access the Statue of Liberty’s Crown, After Two and a Half Years (and 14 Flights of Stairs) Only 10 guests at a time can visit the crown's tight quarters.
Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi liked the idea and began creating "Liberty Enlightening the World" in 1870. Some mock drawings of the statue included an Egyptian woman marking the ...
The Statue of Liberty underwent a major restoration in the mid ‘80s, leading up to its centennial. Lady Liberty got several cosmetic updates, as well as a new stainless steel framework on the ...
There was no shortage of descriptions from when the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United States presented two years earlier, was dedicated in New York on Oct. 28, 1886.
Statue City Cruises is the only NPS-authorized ferry service, which must be reserved in advance online or by phone. Top image: The Statue of Liberty’s crown.