자유여신상(Statue of liberty)

Statue Statistics

Height from top of base to torch	151'1"	46.05m
Ground to tip of torch	305'1"	92.99m
Heel to top of head	111'1"	33.86m
Length of hand	16'5"	5.00m
Index finger	8'0"	2.44m
Head from chin to cranium	17'3"	5.26m
Head thickness from ear to ear	10'0"	3.05m
Distance across the eye	2'6"	.76m
Length of nose	4'6"	1.37m
Length of right arm	42'0"	12.80m
Thickness of right arm	12'0"	3.66m
Thickness of waist	35'0"	10.67m
Width of mouth	3'0"	.91m
Length of tablet	23'7"	7.19m
Width of tablet	13'7"	4.14m
Thickness of tablet	2'0"	.61m
Ground to top of pedestal	154'0"	46.94m

 

 

Park Hours and Visitor Activities

Park Hours for Liberty Island: 8:30am - 6:00pm.

The ferry ticket office closes prior to park's closing. Due to the park's security procedures please allow for ample time in your visitation plans. There is no entrance fee to the park.

Ferry Ticket Prices - Adult: $11:50, Senior (62 and over): $9:50, Child (4-12): $4.50, Under 4:Free.

As a normal part of closing procedures, access to areas of the park will close prior to the final boat departure.

*Visitor Notice: Visitors to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island pass through security screening before boarding the ferry. Click below for updated visitor, security and reservation guidelines.

Updated visitor, security, and reservations guidelines .

Liberty Island Activities:

Island Tours: Ranger-guided tours of the island's grounds are offered free of charge at regularly scheduled times through the day (staff permitting). Program listings are posted at the island's Administration/Information building.

Ranger-guided tours of Liberty Island are offered with ASL - American Sign Language translation at scheduled intervals. For a schedule of ASL translated tours click here.

Audio Tours: are also available from the island's food and gift concessionaire. These tours are available in English,Italian, French, German, Spanish and Japanese and can be rented for $6.00.

NEW VISITOR INFORMATION:

Timed Passes: access to the monument (lobby, museum, promenade, and pedestal observation deck) requires a time-pass and is ranger-guided. A limited number of time-passes are available at the ferry ticket offices on a first-come, first-served basis. Time-passes can also be reserved in advance by calling 1-866-STATUE4 (U.S. calls only). International callers can (212) 269-5755. on-line purchases can be made at: www.statuereservations.com An advanced ferry ticket must also be purchased at the same time. There will be a handling fee of $1.75 per ferry ticket purchased.

Public Access at Liberty Island:

1. Lobby, Promenade, Museum, Fort Wood and the 10th Floor Pedestal Observation Level : stroll into the lobby where visitors can experience the original torch., the Statue of Liberty Exhibit, then proceed to the promenade area for an up close view of the statue and a spectacular view of New York Harbor. Visitors can stroll the 11-point star-shaped Fort Wood and take an elevator to the ten-story pedestal observatory. People can get a full circle view of the harbor and a close-up view of Lady Liberty.

The Statue's crown and torch are not accessible.

 

 

tatue of Liberty History

The Statue of Liberty National Monument officially celebrated her 100th birthday on October 28, 1986. The people of France gave the Statue to the people of the United States over one hundred years ago in recognition of the friendship established during the American Revolution. Over the years, the Statue of Liberty has grown to include freedom and democracy as well as this international friendship.

Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design a sculpture with the year 1876 in mind for completion, to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. The Statue was a joint effort between America and France and it was agreed upon that the American people were to build the pedestal, and the French people were responsible for the Statue and its assembly here in the United States. However, lack of funds was a problem on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In France, public fees, various forms of entertainment, and a lottery were among the methods used to raise funds. In the United States, benefit theatrical events, art exhibitions, auctions and prize fights assisted in providing needed funds. Meanwhile in France, Bartholdi required the assistance of an engineer to address structural issues associated with designing such as colossal copper sculpture. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of the Eiffel Tower) was commissioned to design the massive iron pylon and secondary skeletal framework which allows the Statue's copper skin to move independently yet stand upright. Back in America, fund raising for the pedestal was going particularly slowly, so Joseph Pulitzer (noted for the Pulitzer Prize) opened up the editorial pages of his newspaper, "The World" to support the fund raising effort. Pulitzer used his newspaper to criticize both the rich who had failed to finance the pedestal construction and the middle class who were content to rely upon the wealthy to provide the funds. Pulitzer's campaign of harsh criticism was successful in motivating the people of America to donate.

Financing for the pedestal was completed in August 1885, and pedestal construction was finished in April of 1886. The Statue was completed in France in July, 1884 and arrived in New York Harbor in June of 1885 on board the French frigate "Isere" which transported the Statue of Liberty from France to the United States. In transit, the Statue was reduced to 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates. The Statue was re-assembled on her new pedestal in four months time. on October 28th 1886, the dedication of the Statue of Liberty took place in front of thousands of spectators. She was a centennial gift ten years late.

The story of the Statue of Liberty and her island has been one of change. The Statue was placed upon a granite pedestal inside the courtyard of the star-shaped walls of Fort Wood (which had been completed for the War of 1812.) The United States Lighthouse Board had responsibility for the operation of the Statue of Liberty until 1901. After 1901, the care and operation of the Statue was placed under the War Department. A Presidential Proclamation declared Fort Wood (and the Statue of Liberty within it) a National Monument on October 15th, 1924 and the monument's boundary was set at the outer edge of Fort Wood. In 1933, the care and administration of the National Monument was transferred to the National Park Service. on September 7, 1937, jurisdiction was enlarged to encompass all of Bedloe's Island and in 1956, the island's name was changed to Liberty Island.

On May 11, 1965,  Ellis Island was also transferred to the National Park Service and became part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. In May of 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Lee Iacocca to head up a private sector effort to restore the Statue of Liberty. Fundraising began for the $87 million restoration under a public/private partnership between the National Park Service and the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., to date the most successful such partnership in American history. In 1984, at the start of the Statue's restoration, the United Nations designated the Statue of Liberty as a World Heritage Site. on July 5, 1986 the newly restored Statue re-opened to the public during Liberty Weekend, which celebrated her centennial. The Statue of Liberty was closed as a result of the tragedy of September 11, 2001. Although Liberty Island re-opened after being closed for 100 days, the Statue remained closed until August 3, 2004. Visitors now have access to the Statue's pedestal obervation deck, promenade, museum and the area of Fort Wood