Musée d’Orsay has launched A Statue for Liberty, Bartholdi’s Dream, from Paris to New York, an immersive virtual reality experience running from 15 September 2026 to 31 January 2027.
The museum said the installation is presented alongside its Bartholdi exhibition and occupies nearly 700 square metres in the Amont Gallery.
According to the museum, the experience follows the story of the Statue of Liberty from Versailles in 1865 to the Gaget, Gauthier & Cie foundry in Paris and on to New York Bay in 1886.
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