Isabella Stewart Gardner

Incorporated as trustee under the will of Isabella Stewart Gardner, shall be exempt from taxation beginning January first, nineteen hundred and forty-three, and continuing so long as the museum, known as the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, is operated by said corporation for the education and enjoyment of the public.

Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

It was built in 1856 by David Stewart, a wealthy linen merchant, as a gift for his daughter, Isabella Stewart Gardner, a leading patron of the arts in the city.

A Painter's Home Maya Pope-Chappell 2011

After my visit, I arrived back in L.A. pleasantly haunted by the history-laden cobblestone streets and cemeteries of Boston, and decidedly under the spell of Isabella Stewart Gardner.

Jane Chafin: A Trip to Boston and a Documentary Add to My Gardner Museum Heist Obsession Jane Chafin 2011

The court-allowed deviation from Isabella Stewart Gardner's will involves repositioning only one object -- a sarcophagus -- which was slightly shifted to create the passageway from new to old.

Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video) Lee Rosenbaum 2012

We learn about Gardner's motivations for amassing her collection: They say that Isabella Stewart Gardner is the original Victorian salvage hunter.

Jane Chafin: A Trip to Boston and a Documentary Add to My Gardner Museum Heist Obsession Jane Chafin 2011

The court-allowed deviation from Isabella Stewart Gardner's will involves repositioning only one object -- a sarcophagus -- which was slightly shifted to create the passageway from new to old.

Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video) Lee Rosenbaum 2012

The court-allowed deviation from Isabella Stewart Gardner's will involves repositioning only one object -- a sarcophagus -- which was slightly shifted to create the passageway from new to old.

Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video) Lee Rosenbaum 2012

The court-allowed deviation from Isabella Stewart Gardner's will involves repositioning only one object -- a sarcophagus -- which was slightly shifted to create the passageway from new to old.

Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video) Lee Rosenbaum 2012

The great Boston art collector and society figure Isabella Stewart Gardner is said never to have uttered an unkind word about anyone.

Boulevardier's Delight Henry Allen 2011

Apropos of not much, but discussing non-linear narrative brought to mind the notion that turning a bright pre-teen loose in the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum would give pretty fair odds of turning that kid into either an art historian or an archaeologist.

Making Light: Open thread 136 2010