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it was designed by frederic august bartholdi, who built it in his paris workshop.f independence and the historic alliance between america and france. in 1885, it was shipped in 350 individual pieces over to new york where it was reassembled and unveiled to the american public next year. and then you finish with the 0inspiration gallery. and then you finish with the inspiration gallery. so let‘s have a look at the face. it‘s a huge face. this full—sized replica is made from the same materials as the statue. the important thing is for you to feel the narrowness of the copper. that‘s the full size of the copper on the... i was not expecting it to be like that. nobody does, it‘s very thin. about the size of... now for the piece de resistance, the original torch. the torch. the original torch, it stood up there from 1886 until 1984. the original torch had been changed from bartholdi‘s design to include a glass—paneled frame that could be lit up night. in the 1980s, it was removed and replaced during a massive restoration of the statue. talk to me about how difficult it

celebrate the centennial of the american revolution, and designed by the french artist frederic auguste bartholdilores the painstaking steps that were used to construct the statue of liberty. at the time it was an engineering marvel. here you can get right up close and touch an exact replica of one of the statue's feet. the copper sheets used are the thickness ofjust two pennies. but it was america's responsibility to fund and build the statue's pedestal. architect richard morris hunt worked with bartholdi to come up with the perfect fit. bartholdi, the designer of the statue, actually had more of a pyramid design, where it would... there'd be steps that lead up to, like, a pyramid, and that obviously didn't work out in the end due to the location that was chosen on fort wood, which is the star—shaped fort at the bottom of the statue, so he collaborated with hunt to come up with the final iconic design of the pedestal. the museum doesn't overlook that for many the statue of liberty is also a reminder that america hasn't always lived up to its noble ideas. whenever people are protesting something

celebrate the centennial of the american revolution, and designed by the french artist frederic auguste bartholdistaking steps that were used to construct the statue of liberty. at the time it was an engineering marvel. here you can get right up close and touch an exact replica of one of the statue's feet. the copper sheets used are the thickness ofjust two pennies. but it was america's responsibility to fund and build the statue's pedestal. architect richard morris hunt worked with bartholdi to come up with the perfect fit. bartholdi, the designer of the statue, actually had more of a pyramid design, where it would... there'd be steps that lead up to, like, a pyramid, and that obviously didn't work out in the end due to the location that was chosen on fort wood, which is the star—shaped fort at the bottom of the statue, so he collaborated with hunt to come up with the final iconic design of the pedestal. the museum doesn't overlook that for many the statue of liberty is also a reminder that america hasn't always lived up to its noble ideas. whenever people are protesting something associated wit

it was designed by frederic august bartholdi, who built it in his paris workshop.s over to new york where it was reassembled and unveiled to the american public next year. and then you finish with the inspiration gallery. now for the piece de resistance, the original torch. the torch. wow. it stood up there from 1886 until 1984. the original torch had been changed from bartholdi's design to include a glass panel frame that could be lit up night. in the 1980s, it was removed and replaced during a massive restoration of the statue. can you tell us how difficult it was to get the torch in here. well, i didn't have to do it but it was quite a task. people worked for about two weeks, from 3:00 in the afternoon until 3:00 at night. and they had this carrier that they laid the face on its back, and then put the torch on it. we had not put in all the glass here, so that could lift quite nicely into its position, and it all worked quite well. and here it is. martin and his team have been in charge of conserving the torch and cleaning it up. well, today is the last day, it's

it was designed by frederic august bartholdi, who built it in his paris workshop.tood up there from 1886 until 198a. the original torch had been changed from bartholdi‘s design to include a glass panel frame that could be lit up night. in the 1980s, it was removed and replaced during a massive restoration of the statue. talk to me about how difficult it was to get the torch in here. well, i didn‘t have to do it... laughs. ..but it was quite a task. people worked for about two weeks, from 3:00 in the afternoon until 3:00 at night. and they had this carrier that they laid the face on its back, and then put the torch on it. we had not put in all the glass here, so that could lift quite nicely into its position, and it all worked quite well. and here it is. martin and his team have been in charge of conserving the torch and cleaning it up. well, today is the last day, it‘s sort of the clean down from the top down and so as they are finishing up the lighting fixtures inside, myjob is then the final clean down of everything that falls down. it‘s just a simple cotton clot