NEW YORK, NY — DeSimone Consulting Engineers, an engineering firm with offices worldwide, recently celebrated the completion and grand opening of the new Statue of Liberty Museum. DeSimone worked closely with FXCollaborative, the National Park Service, and the Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation to design and complete the new cultural facility located just steps away from the iconic national monument on Liberty Island. The new 26,000 s/f building introduces 15,000 s/f of new exhibition space, allowing the museum to better serve the estimated 4.4 million annual visitors from all around the world. The previous museum was located within the base of the monument, but was only accessible by a small fraction of the island’s visitors due to safety regulations.