Art Theft and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

State of the Arts by Art History Happy Hour

May 12, 201534:05Arts

On March 18, 1990, two thieves entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole 13 objects from the museum's collection. This incident, which has remained largely unsolved, has drawn attention to the probl...

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