Dive into “The World’s Greatest Art Heist”

Historical Society sponsors talk by Investigative Journalist Stephen Kurkjian

On March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston – including works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Dega, and Manet – representing a value of more than $500 million. The crime remains unsolved, and the items were never recovered. On Tuesday, October 29, at 6:00 p.m. at the Malden Public Library, dive into the exciting story of the heist and its aftermath. The Malden Historical Society invites the community to a talk by investigative Journalist Stephen Kurkjian, who has covered the story for decades for The Boston Globe and is one of the foremost experts on the heist. In “The World’s Greatest Art Heist,” Kurkjian will explain how the heist occurred and share what he has learned since that fateful day. A prize-winning journalist, Kurkjian has authored a book on the subject, “Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist.”

Mysteries remain, of course. Will the artwork ever be recovered? Who exactly were the perpetrators? Come and hear what this expert knows and what he thinks about this storied event. No matter how much you know already, you are sure to learn something new.

The Malden Historical Society is a local volunteer-run nonprofit organization founded in 1886 and dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating the history of Malden and beyond. This year, we are proud to join the rest of Malden in celebrating the 375^th anniversary of the city’s founding. To learn more about the Malden Historical Society, visit www.maldenhistoricalsociety.org or email info@maldenhistoricalsociety.org.