Marble craftsmen in Italy do final cleaning and inspection of the columns that will stand in the antechambers of Rowland Hall in the new American galleries. The columns replicate those in the American Rotunda on the second floor of the Nelson-Atkins Building. The columns will travel from Italy to Spain, and then by ship to an American port. From there, they will travel overland by rail, scheduled to arrive at the Museum in late August. The American galleries will be completed in November and open in spring 2009.