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Auguste Bartholdi. The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World
Culture · Saturday, October 31 · 09:30 · Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Free
From September 15, 2026 to January 31, 2027, the Musée d’Orsay dedicates an exhibition and an immersive virtual reality experience to Auguste Bartholdi, a major figure of 19th-century French sculpture and author of iconic works, including his masterpiece La Liberté éclairant le monde. Designed as a gift from France to the United States and initially intended to commemorate the centenary of American independence in 1876, the statue was finally inaugurated ten years later, in 1886. In the meantime, Bartholdi and his supporters had to show imagination, boldness and…
