After her husband’s death in 1 898．Isabella knew she had no time to lose in building her museum．She bought land.hired a building designer.and supervisedevery detail of her museum’s construction．Mrs．Gardner opened her museum on January 1.1 903.which was then called Fenway Court．She invited her friends that night for a special musical performance．The next month.she opened the museum to the public．At first.visits were limited to twenty days out of the year．Visitors paid one dollar to enter．Isabella Stewart Gardner died in 1 924 in Boston.In her will.she left the museum a million dollars and a series of requirements about how it should be managed, one that the permanent collection cannot be changed． 【查看更多】
