Isabella Stewart was born in New York City in 1 840.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 1 860,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 1 898.Isabella knew she had no time to lose in building her museum.She bought land,hired a building designer,and supervised every 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. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was Isabella Steward's birth date?
2. What was the date of Isabella Steward's birth?
3. On what day was Isabella Steward born?
Q2:
1. What Parisian classmate did Isabella Steward become close friends with?
2. Which of her classmates in Paris did Isabella Steward become a close friend of?
3. What classmate from Paris did Isabella Steward develop a close friendship with?
Q3:
1. What had a lot of influence on Isabella Steward in Milan?
2. What in Milan influenced Isabella Steward greatly?
3. What from Milan greatly affected Isabella Steward?
Q4:
1. What made the Gardners decide to open an art museum?
2. How did the Gardners get the idea of opening the art museum?
3. What pushed the Gardners to make an art museum?
Q5:
1. Which country's treasures did Isabella's parents take her to study?
2. Isabella Steward went with her parents to study the cultural treasures of what country?
3. Which nation's cultural riches were examined by Isabella Steward at the beheast of her parents?
Q6:
1. On what date did Isabella Steward open her museum?
2. When did Isabella Steward's museum become available to some of the public?
3. What was the date of Isabella Steward's museum opening?
Q7:
1. What was the name of Isabella Steward's museum at the time of its opening?
2. When Isabella Steward's museum opened, what name did it go by?
3. What did Isabella Steward call her museum when it opened?
Q8:
1. What in Isabella Gardner's will did she leave to the museum?
2. What did Fenway Court receive from Isabella Gardner's will?
3. What did Isabella Gardner's will have in it for Fenway Court?
Q9:
1. Did Isabella Gardner's will contain requirements for managing the museum?
2. Were there instructions for how to maintain Fenway Court in Isabella Gardner's will?
3. Did Isabella Garner leave instructions in her will regarding the management of her museum?
Q10:
1. How long after the initial opening was Fenway Court opened to the public?
2. How much time after it first opened did Isabella Gardner's museum become open to the public?
3. When did the museum that Isabella Gardner opened become fully open to the public?
