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Philadelphia Museum of Art opens its jaw-dropping new entrance — the old vaulted walkway, closed for decades

Architect Frank Gehry, Mayor Jim Kenney, School District Superintendent William Hite, and other luminaries were on hand for the gala reopening. Schoolchildren entered first.

The opening-day crowd walks through the Philadelphia Museum of Art's vaulted walkway entrance.
The opening-day crowd walks through the Philadelphia Museum of Art's vaulted walkway entrance.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer