was it ever renovated?
Yes - in 1984
Statue of Liberty
In 1984, the statue was closed to the public for the duration of the renovation. Workers erected the world's largest free-standing scaffold, which obscured the statue from view. Liquid nitrogen was used to remove layers of paint that had been applied to the interior of the copper skin over decades, leaving two layers of coal tar, originally applied to plug leaks and prevent corrosion. Blasting with baking soda powder removed the tar without further damaging the copper. The restorers' work was hampered by the asbestos-based substance that Bartholdi had used—ineffectively, as inspections showed—to prevent galvanic corrosion. Workers within the statue had to wear protective gear, dubbed "moon suits", with self-contained breathing circuits. Larger holes in the copper skin were repaired, and new copper was added where necessary. The replacement skin was taken from a copper rooftop at Bell Labs, which had a patina that closely resembled the statue's; in exchange, the laboratory was provided 
how was the statue of liberty brought to the us On June 17, 1885, a French steamer arrived in New York with the crates holding the disassembled statue on board. who designed it? Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi what does it symbolise? Liberty has this designer done any other work? Yes - Statues at Clermont-Ferrand; he sculpted a bronze memorial of Jean Rapp who is this person of the bronze memorial? A French Army officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. what was the origin of the liberty statue? The idea of a monument presented by the French people to the United States was first proposed by Édouard René de Laboulaye. The project is traced to a mid-1865 conversation between Laboulaye, a staunch abolitionist, and Frédéric Bartholdi, a sculptor.
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Statue of Liberty [SEP] Renovation and rededication (1982–2000)
The statue was examined in great detail by French and American engineers as part of the planning for its centennial in 1986. In 1982, it was announced that the statue was in need of considerable restoration. Careful study had revealed that the right arm had been improperly attached to the main structure. It was swaying more and more when strong winds blew and there was a significant risk of structural failure. In addition, the head had been installed off center, and one of the rays was wearing a hole in the right arm when the statue moved in the wind.