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　　Isabella Stewart was born in New York City in 1840．Her father made a great deal of money in the trade．During school，her parents took her to Italy to explore the country’s many cultural treasures．   

　　    One of the private art collections Isabella visited in Milan had a deep influence on her．She wrote to her friends about her dream of owning a house one day with an art collection like the one she had seen in Italy．

　　    In Paris，Isabella became close friends with one of her classmates，Julia Gardner，whose family was from Boston．Julia would later introduce Isabella to her brother，Jack．In 1860，Isabella Stewart married Jack Gardner．

　　    The couple had too much art to fit inside their home．So they decided to start planning a museum．Mrs．Gardner didn’t like the cold and empty．spaces of many museums during her time．She wanted a warm museum filled with light．She once said that she decided years ago that the greatest need in her country was art．America was a young country developing quickly in other areas．But the country needed more chances for people to See beautiful examples of art．

　　    After her husband’s death in 1898．Isabella knew she had no time to lose in building her museum．She bought land，hired a building designer，and supervised(监督)every detail of her museum’s construction．

　　    Mrs．Gardner opened her museum on January 1，1903，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．

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