Editing 1886 in architecture (section)

===Buildings opened===
[[File:EdwardMoran-UnveilingTheStatueofLiberty1886Large.jpg|thumb|''Unveiling of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World'' (1886) by [[Edward Moran]]. Oil on canvas. The J. Clarence Davies Collection, [[Museum of the City of New York]].]]
* [[June 30]] – [[Founder's Building]] at [[Royal Holloway, University of London|Royal Holloway College]] for women, [[Egham]], near London, designed by [[William Henry Crossland]].
* July – [[Neuschwanstein Castle]] in [[Bavaria]], designed by [[Christian Jank]] and realized by [[Eduard Riedel]], is opened to the public, although incomplete.
* [[October 28]] – [[Statue of Liberty]] in [[New York Harbor]], United States, designed by [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi]] with engineering by [[Gustave Eiffel]] and [[Maurice Koechlin]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Khan|first=Yasmin Sabina|year=2010|title=Enlightening the World: The Creation of the Statue of Liberty|location=Ithaca, New York|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-4851-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/enlighteningworl00khan/page/176 176]|url=https://archive.org/details/enlighteningworl00khan/page/176}}</ref>
* [[October 31]] – [[Dom Luís Bridge]] in [[Porto]], designed by [[Téophile Seyrig]].