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“Listen And You Shall Hear”: The Gardner Museum Autograph of Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”
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Dodge Macknight: Boston’s Watercolor Painter
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Laser Cleaning: William Morris Hunt’s The Horses of Anahita
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Did They or Didn't They? F. Marion Crawford and Isabella Stewart Gardner
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Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Travels in India
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Traces of Decoration on a Chinese Mirror-Black Vase
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Henry Mercer’s Moravian Pottery and Tile Works at Fenway Court
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The Elusive White Fox by Okakura Kakuzō
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The Auspicious Arrival of the Jade: Herald of Good Fortune
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The Story Behind John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner
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Gustave Courbet’s Landscape Cleaned Up
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Marie Antoinette in the Gardner Museum
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From Paris to the Perkins School for the Blind: Isabella’s Purple Slippers
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Searching for Answers: Isabella’s Native American Basket
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Mesmerizing and Masterful Miniatures: History and Treatment of Snuff Bottles
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FROM ISABELLA’S MUSIC ROOM TO SYMPHONY HALL: COMPOSER MARGARET RUTHVEN LANG
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Technical Study of an 11th-12th Century Guanyin Sculpture
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Connecting Cultural Worlds: An Embroidery from India Celebrating Portugal’s Monarchy
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From A Little Spark May Burst A Flame: Ackroyd & Harvey’s ‘Script’
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Secrets of the Gardner Museum Collection’s Furniture
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Musician Roland Hayes’ 80th Birthday Celebration
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Botticelli’s Virgin and Child: Infrared and Ultraviolet Light Imaging
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Isabella and the Complexities of Mother’s Day
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“Spain Says It All:” Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Travel Albums
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Treasure Chest: Isabella’s Gilt Vitrine
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Deceptive Intimacy: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s 1883 Japan Travel Albums
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Leafing Through Isabella’s Travel Album: Spain and Portugal, Volume II, 1888
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Saint Christopher: World's Best Travel Companion
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Betye Saar & The Gardner Museum: A Long-Standing Relationship
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The Orchid Habit: Under the Spell of the Cymbidium
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Making Reproductions of Two Hanging Scroll Paintings at the Gardner Museum
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Mirrors with a Memory: The Gardner Family Daguerreotypes
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Francesco Pesellino’s Painting and Men’s Fashion in the Italian Renaissance
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Open House: How Isabella’s Home Exhibition Funded Trailblazing Cotting School
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The Misattributed Ballerina: Louis Kronberg or Edgar Degas?
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In the Soldier’s Service: Mary Dexter, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Caring for the Soldiers of WWI
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Isabella’s Reliquary of Friendship: Her Bond with Okakura Kakuzō
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Isabella Stewart Gardner and Simone Martini
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Isabella’s Delightful Stone Fruit Baskets
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Isabella Stewart Gardner, the American West, and Central America
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Lady Augusta Gregory: One of Isabella’s Pen Pals
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The History of Labor Day and the Laborers Who Built the Gardner Museum
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Revealing the Layers of European Painted Wood Sculptures Using XRF Technology
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Isabella’s Children's Books: From the Babes in the Wood to Doctor Dolittle
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Relics of an Emperor: Napoleon Bonaparte in the Gardner Museum
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John Singer Sargent, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Spain
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The Promise of the Chimney Bellflower
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Inside the French Authors Case: Alexandre Dumas
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How The Magic Flute Inspired Maurice Sendak and Isabella Stewart Gardner
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The Secrets Revealed by the Long Gallery Stools’ Conservation
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Une Femme Bibliophile: Isabella’s Book of Hours by Bourdichon
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The Story of Bus Park: How Isabella’s Children’s Books Fueled Nari Ward’s Imagination
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Isabella’s Bookworm Friendship with Vernon Lee
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Isabella's Desk of Curiosities in the Macknight Room
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Restoring A Portrait by Andreas Martin Andersen
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The Overlooked Female Photographer, Clover Adams
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Isabella and Okakura Kakuzō’s Impactful Friendship
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Isabella Stewart Gardner and Her Horses
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The Story Behind Isabella’s Venetian Campanile Cup
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Remembering Isabella: Her Yearly Memorial Service
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Conserving the Works on Paper of the Short Gallery
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The Elevation of the Nasturtium: From Plate To Palace Garden
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Women on Display: Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts
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The Story Behind Porsha Olayiwola’s Poetry
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Beger Sølv- The Gardner’s Hanseatic Beaker
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Visiting Fenway Court in the Days of Isabella
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Those Who Come Before Us Help Make Us Who We Are
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Francesco Torbido and the Diversity of 16th century Venice
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Ovid, Titian, and the Depiction of Violence Against Women
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Inside the Collection Blog
Dig deeper into our collections with our most recent stories.
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“Listen And You Shall Hear”: The Gardner Museum Autograph of Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”
This Patriot's Day, learn about how Isabella's manuscript of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem "Paul Revere's Ride" sheds light on the celebrated poet’s writing process.
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Dodge Macknight: Boston’s Watercolor Painter
In her Museum, Isabella only dedicated one gallery to a contemporary artist—Dodge Macknight. Read on to learn about one of Boston’s most popular, but now mostly forgotten, artists.
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Laser Cleaning: William Morris Hunt’s The Horses of Anahita
Figuring out how to clean the Gardner Museum’s plaster cast of William Morris Hunt’s most well-known work was a unique challenge for our conservation staff. Read on to learn about the high-tech solution!
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Did They or Didn't They? F. Marion Crawford and Isabella Stewart Gardner
Was it just a friendship or a May-December romance?
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Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Travels in India
During her 1884 trip through India, Isabella purchased photographs from commercial studios and pasted them into albums. Learn what these images tell us about her artistic tastes and her status as an American following in colonial footsteps.
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Traces of Decoration on a Chinese Mirror-Black Vase
Some high and low tech methods reveal an exciting discovery.
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Henry Mercer’s Moravian Pottery and Tile Works at Fenway Court
Henry C. Mercer’s distinct, Moravian tile work can be found throughout the Museum. Learn how his friendship with Isabella culminated in the famed craftsman providing custom flooring for many of the museum’s galleries.
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Steve McQueen's Lynching Tree
Lee Pelton reflects on Steve McQueen's powerful work, Lynching Tree and its special presentation at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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The Elusive White Fox by Okakura Kakuzō
Okakura Kakuzō dedicated his libretto, The White Fox, to Isabella shortly before his death. In the following years, many composers wanted to write the accompanying music for the operatic work, and it will finally make its US premiere, led by Hirai Hideaki, in the spring of 2024.
