Due to decades of exposure to the elements, Lady Liberty’s torch needed to be relocated indoors, experts had decided. A replica torch was placed atop the statute in November 1985, according to the foundation. But when the foundation decided to build a new Statue of Liberty Museum on the island, officials were presented with a way to solve the problem. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Statue of Liberty designed by the French sculptor Frédéric August Bartholdi under construction at a Paris studio around 1876. “The real challenge was, ‘OK, can this physically fit out?” said Doug Phelps, who heads Phelps Construction Group.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2018 06:00 UTC