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Boston's Greatest Unsolved Mystery: The Gardner Museum Art Heist At 1:24 AM on March 18, 1990, two men disguised as cops walked into the staff entrance of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. They quickly overpowered the two security guards behind the desk and duct-taped them to a pipe and a workbench in the basement. Then, over the next 81 minutes, they proceeded to steal $500 million dollars worth of art from the walls, including works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Degas. Despite a $10 million reward for the recovery of the stolen paintings, not one has been found. Go inside the baffling story of the world’s biggest art heist by following the link in our bio. #isabellastewartgardnermuseum #museums #arthistory #gardnermuseum #boston #art #heist #robbery In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the th...
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