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Auguste Bartholdi. The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World
Culture · Tuesday, September 22 · 09:30 · Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Free
From September 15, 2026 to January 31, 2027, the Musée d’Orsay hosts an exhibition and a virtual reality immersive experience dedicated to Auguste Bartholdi, a major figure of 19th-century French sculpture and author of emblematic works, including his masterpiece The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Conceived as a gift from France to the United States and initially intended to mark the centennial 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 and audacity…
