A 'Final Countdown'

The new Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will open on June 16, 2007. The addition is a 165,000-square-feet glass and steel structure designed by Steven Holl. The inaugural exhibitions will include a show of Impressionist paintings from the collection of Henry and Marion Bloch and an exhibit of 19th-century photographs from the Hallmark Photographic Collection which was recently acquired by the museum. This new addition will house the museum's permanent collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art, as well as 11,600 square feet of special exhibition space. Includes a diagram of the Bloch Building.