The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty. Historical records ...
The Statue of Liberty was originally designed as a marker of liberation of African Americans and the end of the Civil War. That part of its history was overshadowed by a late design change to instead ...
A set of 354 narrow steps spirals all the way up to the Statue of Liberty's crown, and it's the only escape route for tourists in an emergency. On a recent summer day, one tourist put his hands on his ...
The iron and steel interior of Lady Liberty works together to hold her over 300 feet above New York harbor more than 100 years after construction. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the free ...