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LEGOLI_180628_10.JPG: Just the Facts!
Comparing LEGO Liberty and Lady Liberty
LEGO Statue of Liberty Model
Designed by LEGO Master Builder Erik Varszegi
Located at National Museum of American History
* The model contains an estimated 25,375 LEGO pieces
* That is around 125 pounds of LEGO bricks
* This scale replica is nine feet, five-and-a-half inches (or 300 bricks) tall
* It took the LEGO team 292 hours to create this model
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"Liberty Enlightening the World"
Designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
Located at Liberty Island, New York
* The Statue of Liberty was shipped to the United States in 350 separate pieces
* Between its copper skin and iron support structure, it weighs 312,000 pounds (156 tons)
* It stands 151.1 feet tall from the top of its pedestal to the top of its torch
* Crews worked for seven months to assemble the statue once its pedestal was complete
LEGOLI_180628_15.JPG: Look out for Lady Liberty while you are visiting the museum
LEGOLI_180628_49.JPG: This model of the Statue of Liberty was designed and built by LEGO to mark the opening in 2017 of the exhibits in The Nation We Build Together, located in this museum on 2 West.
Since arriving from France in 1885, "Liberty Enlightening the World," more commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, has been an important symbol of the United States of America. She has come to represent welcome and hope in a new land, as well as the ambitious promise set forth in the Declaration of Independence that all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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