Where can you see the Statue of Liberty in Paris?
The one to see stands on the Île aux Cygnes, a quarter-scale replica facing her big sister in New York, at the end of a plane-tree walk in the Seine. Paris holds five in total, from the Luxembourg Gardens to the Musée d'Orsay. Most visitors never find any of them, which is exactly why they are worth your afternoon.
The five, ranked
1. Île aux Cygnes: the 11-metre replica at the tip of a narrow island walk, gifted in 1889, facing west toward New York. 2. Luxembourg Gardens: Bartholdi's early model among the trees. 3. Musée d'Orsay: another original model, inside the great hall. 4. Flame of Liberty at Pont de l'Alma: the exact torch replica. 5. The Bartholdi plaster in the Musée des Arts et Métiers. Our full guide walks all five: the Statue of Liberty in Paris, five locations.
How to do it in one afternoon
Start at the Musée d'Orsay (see the model on your way through), cross to the Flame at Alma, then walk or ride two stops to Bir-Hakeim and take the island walk to the statue, twenty unhurried minutes over the water with the Eiffel Tower behind you. It is one of the quietest classic walks in Paris, and it photographs like nowhere else.
The done-for-you version
This is the kind of afternoon we fold into Chic Trip itineraries when a client loves New York, history, or simply walks with a payoff: sequenced with your museum timing and your dinner, booked under your name, for a flat fee.
Related questions
Why does Paris have a Statue of Liberty?
France gifted the New York statue in 1886; Paris kept the models and received a quarter-scale replica from the American community in Paris in 1889. Sculptor Auguste Bartholdi worked from Paris, so the city kept his studies.
Is the Île aux Cygnes statue free to visit?
Yes, always open, no ticket. The island walk starts at Pont de Bir-Hakeim or Pont de Grenelle, and the statue stands at the downstream tip.
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