The Gardiner brothers were American businessmen and art collectors who founded the Gardiner Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C. According to the most recent publicly available records, the Gardiner brothers’ combined net worth was estimated to be in the region of $100 million.
The Gardiner brothers were born into a wealthy family in New York City in the early 19th century. They inherited a large fortune from their father, a successful merchant, and used it to build a collection of American art that would eventually become one of the most important in the country.