Book your tickets to climb through Lady Liberty’s skull now, because next year, the statue’s crown will be closed once again. The 354 stairs (that’s about 15 flights of stairs) in the crown reopened after 9/11 on July 4, 2009. But inspectors say the spiral staircase needs to be renovated to keep up with safety standards, and the crown will close for nine months to a year in October 2011.
