Dyan Gershman is the founder and managing partner of Gershman Law, PLLC, a corporate law firm headquartered in New York City. Dyan Gershman leverages over 25 years of experience and represents clients on a wide range of legal issues, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and intellectual property licensing. In her spare time, Dyan Gershman volunteers with a number of non-profits, including Habitat for Humanity.
New York City has many fascinating attractions to visit, such as Liberty Island, the Statue of Liberty, and the new Statue of Liberty Museum which opened to great fanfare in 2019. Considered an architectural gem, this extraordinary museum measures roughly 26,000 square feet. The museum was five years in the making and was funded by a $100 million capital campaign. All visitors with ferry tickets to the Statue of Liberty automatically gain admittance to the museum.
Once entering the museum, visitors approach the following points of interest:
Immersive Theater. A seatless theater, where visitors can wander around the theater while observing a 10-minute narrated film on the origins of the Statue of Liberty.
Engagement Gallery. This Gallery houses recreations of all Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's models for the statue. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a Frenchman, sculpted the Statue of Liberty in the 19th century.
Inspiration Gallery. Visitors take self-portraits at the digital kiosks with special image backdrops of their choice to symbolize liberty. The images expand the "Becoming Liberty" collage.
The museum’s centerpiece is the statue’s original torch (replaced in the 1980s) which is surrounded by floor to ceiling windows with impressive views of Lady Liberty in the background.
