Welcome back to National Parks and other public lands with T!
In the Spring of 2019, the park service opened the new Statue of Liberty museum on Liberty Island. Exhibits previously on display inside the pedestal were moved here to the more interactive Engagement Gallery. These illustrate the process Bartholdi used to create the Statue and its history.
The Immersive Theater is a new attraction. It showcases a 10-minute film in three circular viewing rooms. The documentary flows from one room to the next as the story progresses.
In the Inspiration Gallery, visitors can pose for a selfie and add their image to an evolving digital collage called Becoming Liberty.
This is also the new home of the Statue’s original torch. It was removed when the shiny new torch was installed for the statue’s centennial in the 1980s. The old torch was relegated to storage on Ellis Island for over 30 years.
The museum has a living roof and observation deck. This is a nice space to take in views of the island, statue, harbor and NYC.
SOL Posts:
- The Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
- Statue of Liberty National Monument
- Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
- Statue of Liberty Museum
Location: Jersey City & New York City
Designation: National Monument
Date designated or established: May 2019 (Museum)
Date of my visit: 9/23/2019
That picture of your great-grandfather is so cool! Don’t you wish you could recreate that picture?
Thanks! I think you could recreate it with the model in the museum, but pretty sure you can’t climb on it
So nice to see the details that this museum provides. You can get a sense of the true scale. Thanks for sharing T. Allan
I have always wanted to visit this site. Thank you for sharing. Maybe someday I will get there. That is s real treasure that you had a grandfather helped with building and you can pass this on for many generations.
Thanks! Hopefully someday my teen will be interested enough in this stuff to pass it on 🙂
Many of these exhibits were inside the museum in the base…it’s just better presented in the new building
I wasn’t aware of this museum. I visited the Statue of Liberty about 41 years ago. We went all the way to the top. Your posts makes me want to visit again. Thanks for your post!
Thanks! The museum is a new addition and replaces the one that was inside the pedestal.