in 1885, it was shipped in 350 individual pieces over to new york, where it was reassembled and unveiled to the american public the next year. in 1885, it was shipped in 350 individual pieces over to new york, where it was reassembled and unveiled to the american public the next year. and then, you finish with the inspiration gallery. now for the piece de resistance. the original torch. the torch! wow! stood up there from 1886 to 1984. talk to me about how difficult it was to get the torch in here. well, i didn t have to do it. they laugh but it was.it was quite a task. people worked for about two weeks from 3pm in the afternoon till 3am at night. and they had this carrier that they laid the face on its back and then put
there are three primary areas of the museum. people will come and go into the immersive theatre than they will move on to the engagement gallery which is where we are standing now, and the engagement gallery is primarily the history of the statue of liberty. it s beginning and then how it became the symbol of america. now it is used in every thing you can think of. in 1885 it was shipped in 350 individuals pieces over to new york where individuals pieces over to new york where it individuals pieces over to new york where it was reassembled and unveiled where it was reassembled and unveiled to the american public the next year
mean, what would the record be? sure, so the observatory s record goes back to 1932. that would be 47 degrees below zero, and so we re very close to that. we re actually at 46 degrees zero. i ll switch back to that. we re right here on the summit, we re about a degree away from doing that. and then the all-time record was actually recorded by the u.s. signal service back in 1885, that was 50 degrees below zero. at this rate we may surpass that as well. that s exciting. i know you re up there for a week shift. how much longer do you have in your shift? about four or five more days, so pretty much just getting started. if you got to be there for a week, it s cool that you re the one there when the record might be broken. i understand there was a door that blew open earlier. can you show it to me and tell us what happened? sure. so i can take you right into our
below zero. we re right here on the summit, the 6,280 feet mark. so we re about a degree away from doing that. the all time record is recorded by the u.s. signal service back in 1885, 50 degrees below zero. at this rate, we may surpass that as well. that s exciting. i know you re up there for a week shift. how much longer do you have in your shift? about four or five more days. pretty much just getting started. if you got to be there for a week, it s pretty cool to be there when the record might be broken. i understand there s a door that blew open earlier. can you show it to me and tell us what happened? sure. so i can take you into our hallway here. this door goes into our tower which goes another 50 feet or so above our heads. so this door was the culprit. there s another level up where there s another can you still hear me there? yeah, i hear you. awesome. so, yeah, this door had a steel
Korea, in the early months of 1885, was in turmoil. A failed coup attempt in December 1884 resulted in large numbers of Japanese and Chinese soldiers being encamped in Seoul and the surrounding region - a conflict between these two countries on Korean soil was a real possibility. Blood was being spilled in the streets by the Korean authorities. Rebels were executed and their bodies left as graphic warnings to the public.