Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - site of the largest unsolved art theft in U.S. history

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, housed in a Venetian-style palace, suffered a theft on March 18, 1990 in which 13 works of art were stolen; the pieces remain missing and the crime is the largest recorded art theft in U.S. history by value. The museum maintains empty frames and a continuing reward for information leading to recovery. Its collection and the unresolved status of the theft make the museum uniquely notable in Boston's cultural history.