In its 80th anniversary year, the Empire State Building yesterday unveiled a new, permanent exhibit that captures the global icon’s astonishing history, engineering and construction.

Curated by Carol Willis of New York City’s Skyscraper Museum, the installation is located on the 80th floor of the World’s most famous office building and further enriches and enhances each visitor’s observatory experience.

Anthony E. Malkin of the Empire State Building Company stated: “As part of our more than $550 million Empire State rebuilding programme, we have completely upgraded our Observatory experience. From our brilliantly restored art deco masterpiece lobby, to this celebration of the unprecedented and unmatched feats of engineering and construction of the Empire State Building, we have created a totally new offering to our millions of annual visitors. The new 80th floor exhibit’s homage to the pioneering work of the architects, builders, and labourers of the day adds to our $2 million, multi-media exhibit about the ground-breaking work on energy efficiency performed at the building and offers educational value for every visitor,” he said.