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Auguste Bartholdi. The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World
Culture · Tuesday, September 15 · 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 as well as a virtual reality immersive experience dedicated to Auguste Bartholdi, a major figure in 19th‑century French sculpture and the creator of iconic works, including his masterpiece The Statue of Liberty. Conceived as a gift from France to the United States and initially intended to commemorate 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 exercise imagination, audacity and tenacity to desi…
