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Auguste Bartholdi. The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World
Culture · Sunday, October 25 · 09:30 · Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Free
From 15 September 2026 to 31 January 2027, the Musée d’Orsay presents an exhibition and an immersive virtual reality experience dedicated to Auguste Bartholdi, a major figure in 19th-century French sculpture and author of iconic works, including his masterpiece "The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World". 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 perse…
