The iconic New York landmark is set to close in October for one year as it undergoes a $27.25 million renovation in order to make its interior more secure and assessable to visitors.
The announcement came from the National Parks Service just two years after the crown of the statue was reopened. The monument will close on Oct.28th after its 125th anniversary but Liberty Island will remain open for tourists.
Here is a look in pictures at the statues best captured moments.
A replica of the 17th century sailing ship Godspeed, passes the Statue of Liberty as she sails into New York harbor as part of America's 400th anniversary, June 26, 2006. The ship is similar to the one which landed in Jamestown, Virginia, bringing some of the earliest settlers to what would become the United States. ReutersThe Statue of Liberty stands in New York harbor on an unseasonably warm spring day, April 28, 2009. ReutersGDP (PPP) in 2050: $39.07 trillion.Image: The Statue of Liberty in New York.ReutersThe sun sets behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City.ReutersA U.S. Navy sailor (R) stands with a U.S. Marine aboard the USS Iwo Jima as the ship passes the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, during a parade of ships to start "Fleet Week" celebrations, in New York, May 22, 2002. The Iwo Jima, an 844 foot amphibious assault ship, was the final ship in the parade of ships to arrive in New York Harbor and proceed up the Hudson river. ReutersA film festival in California is challenging the official version of the events of Sept. 11.ReutersThe Statue of Liberty is seen after it reopened behind tourists wearing "Statue" costumes, in New York, August 3, 2004, with enhanced security measures. Amid the heightened terror alert, New York's Statue of Liberty re-opened for the first time since the September 11, 2001 attacks. But Lady Liberty only opened to visitors again thanks to over $30 million in private donations, and the crown on America's best-known symbol remains off-limits, which some local politicians called a victory for terrorists. The city now has 4,000 fewer police than on September 11, 2001, and this year New York was given $5.47 per head in homeland security grants; the second lowest in the nation. ReutersA UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Department of Homeland Security's new Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flys past the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, during a demonstration flight for members of the media, April 2, 2003. The helicopters began patrolling restricted airspace over the New York metropolitan area on March 24, 2003 to detect unathorized intrusions into the restricted airspace. Pictures of the month April 2003 ReutersA portion of the right arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty are visible from the Statue's crown, May 20, 2009. Visitors to the statue will again be allowed to climb to the Statue's crown which will re-open to the public on July 4th, 2009, after having been closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York. ReutersThe Statue of Liberty in New York harbor is seen in this photograph taken May 20, 2009. Visitors to the statue will again be allowed to climb to the Statue's crown which will re-open to the public on July 4th, 2009, after having been closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks. ReutersSmoke from the remains of New York's World Trade Center shrouds lower Manhattan as a lone seagull flies overhead in a photograph taken across New York Harbor from Jersey City, New Jersey September 12, 2001. Each of the twin towers were hit by hijacked airliners and collapsed in one of numerous acts of terrorism directed at the United States on September 11, 2001.Reuters
