Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 35 years after the theft, restores frames: ‘We’re always hopeful for their return’

It’s been over three decades since Boston’s infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist. Two men stole 13 works of art—none of which have been recovered. According to the museum’s website, the pair got away with works from Degas, Rembrandt, Manet, and more.

It's been 35 years since thieves stole more than a dozen works of art during a 1990 heist in Boston. It remains the most tantalizing art heist mystery in the world.

Conservators unveiled the completed restoration of the frame that once held Rembrandt's "Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee."

Any Day Now,” which celebrates its Boston premiere March 17 at the Somerville Theatre, reflects on the celebrated, still-unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist.

The remains of Boston's infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist are intact due to the will and testament of its owner.  Everything must remain just as it was, and the museum is trying to do their best to maintain Stewart Gardner's wishes despite the art lost in the 1990 theft.

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