PREVIEW： GREAT MUSEUMS： Collective Vision： The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)

A hundred years ago, they called it Gartner's Wall, and could only guess what treasures it might hide. All of a sudden, you are just plunged into a total assault on your senses. So you smell flowers, you hear water dropping into a fountain. You might hear a musician practicing, because music is a large part of the museum, and your eyes are just invited to feast on unbelievable works of art. And I don't think there's another museum anywhere in the world that deals with all the arts and all the senses. The Isabella Stewart Gartner Museum in Boston is the creation of one extraordinary woman. Isabella Stewart Gartner managed to acquire some of the most important works available on the market, so it's a collection of masterpieces. The museum isn't like other museums with artworks hanging on white walls. It's definitely an experience. The museum is an extraordinary work of art, and she's definitely installed it in a very particular, personal way.