The crown of the Statue of Liberty was reopened to the public: how much is the entrance and how to book a ticket
'12.10.2022'
Nadezhda Verbitskaya
People visiting the Statue of Liberty can once again climb its crown for stunning views of New York Harbor. The National Park Service lifts one of the latest restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, reports NPR.
People can get inside Lady Liberty's head: tickets to visit the "Crown" Sold out for most of October. Adult tickets that include a ferry ride from New Jersey or New York cost $24,30. Most trips also include a stop at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration.
To reach the crown, visitors must climb 162 steps. And this is after they climb onto the pedestal of the statue. There are 215 steps to go to it (about 10 floors). In order to get to the pedestal, there is an elevator for people who cannot climb the stairs. But there is no one to climb the crown, so most tourists skipped this part of the tour.
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The statue's crown has been unavailable since March 16, 2020 due to the pandemic. Since then sections of the monument have been gradually reopened. The pedestal site reopened in July 2021. And from today - October 12 - you can finally rise to the crown.
The statue, whose official name is "The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World", was a famous gift from the people of France to the United States. October has historically been an important time for the statue: it was unveiled that month in 1886. And in October 1924, President Calvin Coolidge declared it a national monument.
The Statue of Liberty has been closed several times over the past 20 years, ranging from security concerns after September 11, 2001 to general renovations. The entire statue was completely closed in 2011. Then the stairwells and fire extinguishing measures were updated.
