Goddess of Liberty (Texas State Capitol)

Goddess of Liberty is a sculpture by Elijah E. Myers, installed atop the Texas State Capitol dome, in Austin, Texas, United States.^[1] The original statue was erected in February 1888. It was replaced by a replica on June 14, 1986, and the original was restored and relocated to the Bullock Texas State History Museum.^[2]

Goddess of Liberty
The statue in 2013
Artist	Elijah E. Myers
Location	Austin, Texas, United States
Coordinates	30.2745831°N 97.7403868°W / 30.2745831; -97.7403868

See also

• Texas portal
• Visual arts portal

• List of public art in Austin, Texas
• Statue of Freedom, an 1863 sculpture by Thomas Crawford atop the dome of the US Capitol
• Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), 1886 statue by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi in New York City
• Miss Freedom, a similar 1889 statue on the dome of the Georgia State Capitol (US)

References

1. Fikac, Peggy (March 30, 2008). "Tex-Arcana: What's the history of the Capitol's goddess?". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
2. "Goddess of Liberty". Bullock Texas State History Museum. Archived from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.

External links

• Media related to Goddess of Liberty (Texas State Capitol) at Wikimedia Commons