Reopening of Statue of Liberty's Crown

Date: July 4, 2009 • Location: New York City, United States

The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.

The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and its metal framework built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.