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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — With the 35th anniversary of the unsolved Gardner Museum heist approaching, an event was held Tuesday inside the museum's Dutch Room where six of the 13 priceless works of art were stolen.
The event featured the re-hanging of the restored frame that contained Rembrandt's stolen painting Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee.
Tuesday's event also featured what museum Director of Conservation Holly Salmon described as a "wonderful sound installation" that was produced by sound artist Skooby Laposky. "It gives you the sense of what it might have sounded like if you were in the painting in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee," Salmon said.
"It's another way of immersing yourself in what that might have looked like," she added.
The Dutch Room's restoration since the heist happened was showcased, but the event was also held to place a spotlight back on the art world's largest art heist in history.
The museum's Director of Security Anthony Amore said there has been no shortage of tips. "35 years without our art leads you to look into every single possible thing that can be examined including the frames," Amore said.
The robbery occurred Mar. 18, 1990, when two men disguised as police officers made off with 13 works of art painted by artists including Rembrandt, Degas, and Vermeer.
Salmon said the restoration work in the Dutch Room including the conservation of empty frames will continue and will not end until the stolen works of art are returned.
The FBI is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the recovery of the works.
WBZ NewsRadio's James Rojas (@JamesRojasMMJ) reports.