How tall is the Statue of Liberty's head?

The Statue of Liberty’s head is 17 feet 3 inches tall from chin to cranium.

That measurement is 5.26 meters and refers to the head itself, not the crown, neck, or the statue’s full height. The head is one of several outsized features that help the figure remain visually legible from ships and the harbor below.

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi completed the head before the entire statue was finished, and it was exhibited at the 1878 Paris World’s Fair. Visitors could see the enormous copper construction up close while the broader project was still being developed and funded.

The head’s scale is easy to confuse with other dimensions: it is 10 feet wide from ear to ear, while the statue from heel to the top of the head measures 111 feet 1 inch. The complete statue, from ground level to the torch tip, reaches 305 feet 1 inch.