Museum

Museum Visit 2006

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"


Museum Visit 2006

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