At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., stands a 46-inch-tall model of an American icon – the Statue of Liberty – whose origin story may surprise you. "When this idea began, it was ...

Lady Liberty has more meaning than you think.

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of our national birth certificate and mission statement, half my columns this year will be ...

A look at how Lady Liberty's anti-slavery origins and design changed over time. In this clip, Alan Kraut, Chair of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island History Advisory Committee and Lonnie Bunch, ...

The Statue of Liberty is an iconic colossal American sculpture associated with American exceptionalism, freedom, and identity. Standing over New York Harbor on Liberty Island, the copper statue was ...

The evolving meaning of this symbol for a “nation of immigrants,” and how it embodies our values and our conflicts, from abolition and women’s suffrage to the treatment of refugees. How much do you ...

In honor of the July 4 holiday, we’re taking a look back at some of the most memorable artworks that incorporate, riff on, or subvert both the literal image of the Statue of Liberty, and what it ...

On October 28th, one of America’s most famous monuments will close to the public. A look back at how the Statue of Liberty came to be Designed by the French sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi, "Liberty ...

Leeuw said revealing the work on the 4th of July was also intentional as the Statue of Liberty was a birthday gift from France to the United States on July 4, 1884. As America celebrated Independence ...

new video loaded: The U.S. Will ‘Absolutely Not’ Return the Statue of Liberty transcript The White House balked at a suggestion by a French politician that the U.S. send the Statue of Liberty back to ...

The Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the United States, was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma Lazarus reimagined Lady Liberty as a "mother of exiles," welcoming ...