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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Map 1 A5.
Tel (212) 363-3200.
Liberty Island: Open 9:45am–
4:45pm; hours vary during hols.
Closed Dec 25. - =
∑ nps.gov/stli
Transport
q 1 to South Ferry; 4, 5 to
Bowling Green; R to Whitehall.
@ M5, M15, M20 to South Ferry,
then g Statue Cruises Ferry
. Ferries to Liberty Island from Battery Park every 20–30
Ferries cross New York harbor to Liberty Island, where mins, 9:30am–3:30pm in summer
the Statue offers some of the city’s finest views.
(winter hours vary).
Tel (877) 523-9849.
& Ferry fare includes entry to
Ellis and Liberty islands.

Portrait of
Liberty
Legend says that
Bartholdi's mother
was the model
for Liberty, but Making the Hand
the rumour is To mold the copper shell, the hand was
unfounded. made first in plaster, then wood.

Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi
The French sculptor who designed the Statue
of Liberty intended it as a monument to the
freedom he found lacking in his own
country. He said, “I will try to glorify the
Republic and Liberty over there, in the
hope that someday I will find it again here.”
Bartholdi devoted 21 years of his life to
making the statue a reality, even traveling
to America in 1871 to talk President Ulysses
S. Grant and others into funding it and
installing it in New York’s harbor.

A Model Figure
A series of graduated scale
models enabled Bartholdi to
build the largest metal statue
ever constructed.
Restoration
Celebration
On July 3, 1986,
after a $100-million
restor ation, the statue
was unveiled. The
$2-million fireworks
display was the
largest ever seen
in America.

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