How to open a copied iPhoto library

I recently got a new 2014 MacBook Pro. My old MacBook Pro is a 2009.
I had a 1TB hard drive in my old MacBook Pro and decided to put that into an external drive to keep with me to use with my new computer.
I didn't want to take out or mess with the solid state drive in my new MBP.
My question is:
My iPhoto library from my old MBP is on my external hard drive and is about 350GB I think... Which is huge. And I don't know how to open it on my new MacBook Pro. The library in its entirety is too large to open on my new computer which only has 120GB SSD.
My old MBP has a 160GB hard drive in it, which is the one it originally came with, so I can't open it on that computer either.
I don't know how to be able to access my iPhoto library now that it is too large to be opened on either computer and it's on my external hard drive. I also don't know if there's a way to be able to view the photos in your library without physically opening it through iPhoto.
Any help is much appreciated!

Did you try to right click on the iPhoto library on your external drive and click on "show content"? After that you should be able to find the folder containing the photos you want and copy them to your new MacBookPro.

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