Q–I have a standing ashtray with the figure of the Statue of Liberty as the post between the base and the top. The torch lights up and the piece also has an electric cigarette lighter. The as… ...

The original Statue of Liberty torch — 3,600 pounds of copper and glass, and 16 feet tall — is being moved to the other side of Liberty Island. In advance of the crane’s arrival, we took 675 ...

The Statue of Liberty’s original torch, stored in the pedestal of the statue, is getting a new home. It will be displayed in a new museum on Liberty Island.

The torch has a permanent home at the new Statue of Liberty Museum after being replaced with a shiny, gold-plated replica in 1985. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

The 3,600 pound, gold and copper torch was part of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s original design for the Statue of Liberty, which was built in Paris in a studio in the west of Paris.

On Thursday morning, the Statue of Liberty’s original torch was moved into its new home within the forthcoming Statue of Liberty Museum, where it be housed at the Inspiration Gallery and will ...

The hand and the torch, with the wrist reaching “the tops of the trees and rooftops,” would rest in Madison Square Park from 1877 until 1886, when Liberty’s body finally arrived.

LIBERTY ISLAND, New York City -- The Statue of Liberty's original torch has been moved from the base of the statue to its new home in a museum that will open next year. The torch was replaced with ...