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This museum is dedicated to modern Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl. The museum contains two boats Heyerdahl used, the Kon Tiki, he sailed from South America to Polynesia and the RA II he sailed across the Atlantic. Both journeys helped prove that pre-historic America could have had contact with other cultures. Leave a Comment Phone: (+47) 23 08 67 67Directions: Bygdoy PeninsulaWebsite: http://www.kon-tiki.no/ Other Contact: kon-tiki@kon-tiki.no
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This museum tells the story of the expeditions of the famous Norwegian scientist Thor Heyerdahl, who wanted to proof that ancient nations have been able to cross the oceans in very simple boats. He rebuild this boats in the original style and floated only with the help of wind and sea streams. The museum is named after his famous raft Kon-Tiki which is exhibited as well as the boats Ra II and a model of the Tigris. Leave a Comment Phone: +47 23086767Directions: Take bus #30 til the terminus or boat #91 form pier 3 near the City HallWebsite: www.kon-tiki.no
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The Kon-Tiki Museum is a great exploration museum and is dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl. Heyerdahl took on a very unique adventure in building balsa rafts and reed boats to sail across vast ocean distances. The museum chronicles these voyages.
Heyerdahl set out to demonstrate that people from thousands or years ago were able to travel to different areas of the world over vast distances by using primitive boats and rafts. He built balsa rafts and reed boats using the same methods available in ancient times and sailed one from South America to Polynesia and another from Africa to the Caribbean.
The crews on his boats hailed from various countries around the world. As an act of protest against the sale of weapons to developing countries he burned his boat the Tigris which sailed from Asia to Africa.
This would also be a particularly good museum to take children to. Leave a Comment
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the Kon-Tiki Musem at Bygdøy has exhibits from all of Thor Heyerdal's discoveries. The main attraction is the well-preserved balsawood raft, Kon-Tiki, on which Thor Heyerdal sailed over the pacific from Peru to the Tuamato islands in Polynesia in 1947. the purpose of this voyage was to prove Heyerdal's theory of ancient immigration from South-America to Polynesia Leave a Comment
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N.B. There are different floor levels in the exhibition areas which, in the subdued lighting, are not always seen. We saw two people trip and fall while we were there, one of whom was taken to hospital.
The Kon-Tiki Museum houses boats and artefacts from Thor Heyerdahl’s expeditions including the original Kon-Tiki raft (1947) with a 30 foot whale shark below it, statues and a secret family cave from Easter Island (1956), the papyrus boat Ra II (1970), and a collection of archaeological finds from Easter Island, East Polynesia, Galapagos and Peru.
Heyerdahl was an adventurist scientific explorer who lived out his beliefs.
Tigris - only models and pictures can be seen of this vessel built in 1978 to prove that there could have been contact and cultural exchanges between the great cultures of Mesopotamia, the Indus valley and Egypt across the sea. The same Indians who built Ra II aided with the construction of this boat. This time it was built in Iraq using the local berdi reeds. At over 50 foot long and with a crew of 11, Tigris was Thor Heyerdahl’s largest reed craft. The expedition headed down the River Tigris through the Persian Gulf and into the Indian Ocean. After around 5 months the voyage came to a sudden end at the entrance to the Red Sea. Due to wars ranging all around, Tigris was not allowed leave the harbour in Djibouti.
In protest against the wars, Heyerdahl eventually set fire to Tigris. Leave a Comment Phone: 23 08 67 67Directions: Bygdøy outside Oslo. Bus to Bygdøy from Central Station or the National Theatre every 15 minutes. In summer season (April - October) you can also catch a ferry to Kon-Tiki Museum. The ferry departs from the quayside near City Hall. Frequent departures.Website: www.kon-tiki.no
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The interesting Kon-tiki Museum is dedicated to the raft on which the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl travelled from Perù to Polinesia in 1947. In the museum there is also the raft Ra II made with papyrus which was used by Heyerdahl in 1970 to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Leave a Comment
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This museum is a must of Oslo because it houses documents, pictures and the the ships where Thor Heyerdahls's expeditions cross the ocean: Kon-Tiki and the papirus boats Ra I and II, as well the Tigris. You can find pictures and things about their travels to Galapagos, Easter Island and Tigris too.
Prize Adults/children 35/20 NOK Leave a Comment
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In Kon-Tiki Museum you can see the original stuff from Thor Heyerdahl's expeditions, e.g.:
- The original Kon-Tiki raft (1947)
- The original papyrus boat RA II
- 10 m tall statues from Easter Island, Polynesia and Galapagos
- Other archeological findings from Easter Island, Polynesia, Galapagos and Peru
Prices:
Adults - 45 NOK
Children - 20 NOK
Family Ticket - 90 NOK
Pensioners/Students - 30 NOK
Groups (min. 15 pers) - 30 NOK Phone: +47 23 08 67 67Directions: Bus # 30 to Bygdoey from the National Theatre or a ferry # 91 from a City Hall pier 3Website: www.kon-tiki.no Other Contact: kon-tiki@online.no
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is located on the Bygdøy Peninsula.
The main attraction of the museum is a wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, on which Thor Heyerdahl made his famous journey across the Pacific in 1947 to prove the theory that the first Polynesian settlers could have sailed almost 7000 km between Peru and Polynesia.
The museum also contains the original reed raft, Ra II, on which Heyerdahl sailed across the Atlantic in 1970. Besides the rafts there is a huge stuffed whale shark, artefacts from his expeditions and exhibits from his visits to Easter Island, and an intriguing collection of archaeological finds from Easter Island, Galapagos, East Polynesia and Peru.
Opening Time:
Daily except public holidays 9am to 5.30pm (June to August)
10.30am to 4pm (January to March)
10am to 5pm (April to May and September to October)
Admission: NOK40 (adults), NOK20 (children) Leave a Comment Phone: 2308 6767Directions: - Bus 30 from the National Theatre, - Ferry 91 from Pier 3 behind the City HallWebsite: www.kon-tiki.no Other Contact: kon-tiki@online.no
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The Kon-Tiki Museum exhibits Thor Heyerdahl's rafts Kon-Tiki and Ra II with information about his expeditions.
Heyerdahl believed that people from South America could have settled Polynesia in the south Pacific in Pre-Columbian times. His aim in mounting the Kon-Tiki expedition was to show, by using only the materials and technologies available to them at the time, that there were no technical reasons to prevent them from having done so.
The first trip began on April 28, 1947 and lasted 101 days.
The book Kon-Tiki was a best-seller, and a documentary motion picture of the expedition won an Academy Award in 1951. Leave a Comment Phone: 0047 23 08 67 67Directions: Bygdoy area (across FRAM museum) beside the harbourWebsite: www.kon-tiki.no
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