Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
About Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. It was founded by Isabella Stewart Gardner, whose will called for her art collection to be permanently exhibited "for the education and enjoyment of the public forever."
The museum opened in 1903. An auxiliary wing designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, adjacent to the original structure near the Back Bay Fens, was completed in 2012.
In 1990, thirteen of the museum's works were stolen; the crime remains unsolved, and the works, valued at an estimated $500 million, have not been recovered.
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- Founded
- 1903
- Architect
- Willard Thomas Sears
- Director
- Peggy Fogelman
Photos of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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01BostonBiruitorul · Public domain
02Inside Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumAndre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0
03Fenway Court InteriorMiguel Hermoso Cuesta · CC BY-SA 4.0
04Fenway Court InteriorMiguel Hermoso Cuesta · CC BY-SA 4.0
05Fenway Court Interior 22 (cropped)Miguel Hermoso Cuesta · CC BY-SA 4.0
06At the arcade in Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumDquai · CC BY-SA 4.0
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