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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Robbery

In 1972 thieves entered the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts through a skylight and took eighteen paintings, including a Rembrandt landscape. Almost all remain missing — Canada's largest art theft.

Case

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist

In the early hours after St. Patrick's Day 1990, two men dressed as police officers talked their way into the Gardner Museum and left with thirteen works of art. It remains the largest unsolved property theft in history. With a current value of $1 Billion.

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Anthony M. Amore

Director of Security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the leading investigator on its unsolved 1990 heist. Amore has written extensively on art theft and forgery and continues to pursue leads on the thirteen works taken from the Gardner. Check out his talk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs5d9KApA60 Check out his books: https://www.anthonyamore.com

Museum

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

A Venetian-style palazzo in Boston built to house Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection. In 1990 it became the site of the largest unsolved art theft in history; by the terms of Gardner's will, the empty frames of the stolen works still hang in place, awaiting their return.

Museum

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Canada's oldest art museum, scene of the audacious 1972 'Skylight Caper' — still unsolved.

Story

Three Decades On, the Gardner Reward Still Stands at $10 Million

The museum reaffirms its offer as investigators mark another anniversary of the unsolved 1990 heist.