Leonard Nimoy to be celebrated with 20-foot hand statue in Boston

Happy Birthday to the late Leonard Nimoy, who will be honored with a monument in his hometown.

The Museum of Science announced Friday that it will erect a 20-foot, $1 million statue in Boston to honor the “Star Trek” actor who famously played space explorer Mr. Spock.

Nimoy, who died in February 2015, grew up only three blocks from the museum where the outdoor monument will stand. He would have turned 90 on Friday.

Nimoy’s family is involved in the project, which is described by the Museum of Science as an illuminated, stainless steel hand depicting Dr. Spock’s famous greeting — separated fingers forming a V shape, not dissimilar from the peace sign flashed by Earthlings.

Nimoy said in an interview roughly a decade before his death that the hand-sign is something he saw adults doing at a Beantown synagogue when he was a child.

“The ‘Live Long and Prosper’ symbol represents a message that my dad believed so strongly in,” his daughter Julie Nimoy reportedly said. “The sculpture not only depicts one of the world’s most recognized and loved gestures for peace, tolerance, and diversity, but it will also be a beautiful tribute to my dad’s life and legacy.”