
Museum

the first enclosed torch in the
museum
(replaced with the present torch without metal pane linings)

a World Heritage Site


full size mask of Liberty's face

a gift from the People of the Republic of France

Laboulaye, proposer of the monument

Bartholdi, the sculpture

the fort on the island in New York harbor before the monument was erected

model of the foot of the statue of Liberty

showing detail of the toe nails

mold for the ear casting

Gustave Eiffel, of Effel Tower in Paris fame

designing the interior support system

model showing the internal steel support system

tasks that had to be done in the recent renovation of the statue

looking upward inside the statue of
Liberty
(circular stairway reaches to the crown - now closed to tourists)

inside the stature, showing how the large copper plates are supported

was used in product advertising in France

fund raising for the private construction venture in France

appeared in American stain glass windows

used to sell World War I bonds

some of the many postcards sent by visitors
Memorials on the Statue of Liberty
grounds to the
important people in its history

Laboulaye, the proposer

Bartholdi, the sculptor

Eiffel, the steel framework designer

Pulitzer, the Publisher, who championed the project

Lazarus, the poet, who wrote "Mother of Exiles"