Liberty Park
Visiting the Statue of Liberty in Liberty Park
During your visit to Liberty Park, view the replica of the Statue of Liberty and learn about her history. The Statue of Liberty in Liberty Park and its natural surroundings provide unique photo opportunities. In the Gift Shop, you can purchase gifts and keepsakes to remember your time in the park.
Birmingham’s Statue of Liberty
Known as the symbol of America, the monument of freedom and independence and the most well-known sculpture in the world, Birmingham, Alabama’s Lady of Liberty is the largest replica of the Statue of Liberty, even surpassing the original model that currently resides in France. Birmingham’s Statue of Liberty was originally built to sit atop the Liberty National Insurance Company and after being cast at the Antoine Durenne, a cast iron and bronze foundry in Sommerville Haut Marine, France, it graced the top of the Liberty National Insurance Company for over 30 years. In 1989, the city’s Lady Liberty was carefully removed, restored and moved to her current location in Vestavia Hills’ Liberty Park. Today, Birmingham’s Statue of Liberty stands proudly atop a 60-foot tall granite pedestal adjacent to Interstate 459, her flame lit with Alabama natural gas burns continuously.
Natural Surroundings
The small park area at the base of the statue is located atop Shades Mountain. Views of Shades Valley to the north and the Appalachian foothills to the south as well the park’s beautiful lakes, trees that overhang pathways and dripping Wisteria provide visitors with ample photo opportunities.
Shopping in the Gift Shop
If time permits, explore Liberty Park’s Gift Shop. Gifts and keepsakes for purchase include Statue of Liberty souvenirs as well as items related to Liberty Park and Birmingham, Alabama.
Travel Tips
- Liberty Park is ADA compliant.
Liberty Park, Birmingham, AL
Visit Birmingham, Alabama’s Liberty Park, home to one of the biggest Liberty replicas in the world, as part of this group motorcoach vacation package. Originally commissioned by the founder of the Liberty National Life Insurance Company to stand atop its office building in downtown Birmingham, the replica of the Statue of Liberty was cast in France and placed on the Liberty National Life Insurance Company in 1958. Moved to the Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama in 1989, today the replica of the Statue of Liberty is a top Alabama attraction admired by the many motorists that pass by on the southern outskirts of Birmingham on the Interstate 459 bypass.
