A Chorus of Stitches: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Historic Lace Collection
Isabella Stewart Gardner once paid the modern equivalent of $114,500 for a single lace flounce.
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The Haunted Atmosphere of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Discover how 19th-century uncanny tales and a historic parlor game are shaping the vision for an upcoming public installation on the Anne H. Fitzpatrick Façade.
Encountering Ancient Egypt at the Gardner
Did you know you could engage with objects from ancient Egypt at the Gardner Museum? Join an Egyptologist on a mini-tour.
Fanny Goldstein, the Saturday Evening Girls Club, and Isabella Stewart Gardner
An unexpected alliance between the Museum's founder and a young immigrant woman striving for a better future in Boston.
Polychromy and Presence: Christ from a Deposition Group
An unusual composition, a lonely Christ, and a dash of medieval art history. The story behind the polychrome sculpture in the Third Floor Stairhall.
First cultivated in the floating gardens of the Aztecs, these jewels of late summer illuminate Isabella’s Courtyard.
Pieces of Tennis History at the Gardner Museum
One of the earliest depictions of tennis is in a painting of a biblical scene in the Veronese Room. Read on to learn more about it and Isabella’s fondness for the racquet sport.
Dutch Exotica, Rembrandt’s Scarf, and the Glint of Gold
How did Rembrandt and other painters use textiles to set the scene for the far-away long ago “East”?
Uncovering the Portrait of a Prince Who Never Ruled
In the Dutch Room there is a small painting hiding in plain sight depicting a doomed prince of France by an understudied artist.