On the occasion of the Exposition Universelle of 1900, sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi crafted a smaller version of his "Liberty Enlightening the World", cast in 1889, which he subsequently gave to the Musée du Luxembourg. In 1905, the statue was placed outside the museum in the Jardin du Luxembourg, where it stood for over a century, until 2014. It currently stands within the entrance hall to the Musée d'Orsay, and a newly constructed bronze replica stands in its place in the Jardin du Luxembourg.