What is the largest museum theft?

Historical Overview

The largest museum heist in history is widely regarded as the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery in Boston. In this notorious case, two men disguised as police officers gained entry to the museum and managed to steal 13 pieces of artwork valued at around $500 million. The stolen artworks included masterpieces by renowned artists such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Degas, and despite extensive investigations and numerous leads, the artworks remain missing to this day.