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Gardner Museum Art Heist

When:
Thursday, June 23, 2022, 5:30 PM until 9:00 PM
Where:
FBI Boston Field Office
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston
201 Maple Street
Chelsea, MA  02150-1821

(857) 386-2000
Additional Info:
Contact(s):
Robin Putnam
 
Marcia E Cohen
 
Shawn Dolan
Category:
Briefing
Registration is closed
Payment In Full In Advance Only
No weapons of any kind are allowed
No Fee
$25.00

This presentation will focus on the FBI's investigative efforts to solve the world's largest art heist.

In the early morning hours of March 18th,1990, two subjects dressed as police officers bluffed their way into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, claiming they were responding to a disturbance.  Once inside the museum, the subjects handcuffed the two guards on duty and then made their way up to the galleries.  
They left the museum eighty-one minutes later with thirteen pieces valued at $500 million, including works by Rembrandt, Degas, and Vermeer.


The FBI has spent the last 32 years investigating the heist in an effort to determine not only who was responsible, but where they hid the stolen artwork.  

Light food will be served at 5:30PM.

The FBI Boston Citizens Academy Alumni Association is a nonprofit organization separate and apart from the FBI.