The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum presents a collection of more than 2,500 objects—paintings, sculpture, furniture, textiles, drawings, silver, ceramics, illuminated manuscripts, rare books and photographs.

The collectin includes letters—from ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, Asia, the Islamic world and 19th-century France and America. The museum was built as a 15th-century Venetian palace provides a beautiful backdrop for Isabella Stewart Gardner’s inventive collection of art and creative works.

Explore the Museum’s permanent collection and planned and curated by historical periods to give the context of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s time. The permanent collection is a source of reference for educators and students.

For more information visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum website.