Crime & Safety
Gardner Museum In Boston To Renovate Dutch Room Linked To Historic Art Heist
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is going to renovate the room at the center of one of the largest art heists in history.
September 18, 2024
BOSTON - The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is going to renovate the room at the center of one of the largest art heists in history.
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Back on March 18, 1990, 13 pieces of art worth more than $500 million were stolen from the museum. Six of the best known works were taken from the Dutch Room. Among them were two Rembrandt paintings that were cut from their frames. Those frames remain empty on the walls in the Dutch Room to this day.
The crime remains unsolved and the museum says it's time to restore the room because "time itself has faded much of the gallery's splendor."
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