The Soumaya Museum in Mexico City

An exterior view of the Soumaya Museum Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

French sculptor Auguste Rodin's The Thinker sits at the entrance of the building Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Salvador Dalí's sculpture, The Triumphant Angel Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Italian sculptor Antonio Rossetti's Amor Secreto Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

A worker walks through one of the corridors that spirals into the next floor Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Salvador Dalí's sculpture, Woman Aflame, is displayed on the top floor Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

The Cathedral, another piece by Auguste Rodin, is also on display Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

From left: US presenter Larry King, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, his daughter Soumaya Slim, Mexico's president, Felipe Calderón, his wife Margarita Zavala and Nobel prize laureate Gabriel García Márquez cut the ribbon at the museum opening Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP