"A patron with exquisite taste and a zest for life, Isabella Stewart Gardner traveled the globe for over three decades, assembling piece by piece one of the world's most remarkable art collections. Her interests ranged from Rembrandt, Titian, Sargent, Whistler, and Matisse to architectural antiquities, medieval stained glass windows, tapestries, painted leather "wallpaper" and rare books. In 1903, the "palace" she built as a museum to house her collection...

Boston Globe investigative reporter, Stephen Kurkjian, talks about the $500 million 1990 art theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and his book Master Thieves: the Boston gangsters who pulled off the world's greatest art heist.