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 Rå by Thor Heyerdal by Roeffie
The museum tells you all about the Norwegian discoverer Thor Heyerdahl and his discoveries and theories of how people in the world met eachother far before we actually knew the existance of for example South America.
All theories and discoveries are explained here. Very exciting and convincing museum!
Opening hours
Open daily
1st April - 31st May:09.30 - 17.45 hrs.
1st June - 31st August:10.30 - 17.00 hrs.
1st - 31st September:10.30 - 16.00 hrs.
1st October - 31st March: 10.30 - 17.00 hrs.
Admission
Adults 35.00 NOK
Children 20.00 NOK
Families 90.00 NOK Leave a Comment Phone: +47 23 08 67 67Directions: On the peninsula of Bygdöy. Bus no. 30 to Bygdøy (Oct.-April it stop at the Museum. May-Sept. it stop a 10 min. walk from the Museum) Ferry from the Town Hall (May-Sept.)Website: http://museumsnett.no/kon-tiki Other Contact: kon-tiki@online.no
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 Kon-Tiki by bpwilletLeave a Comment Phone: +47 23086767
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 Kon Tiki Museum by Donna_in_India
All 3 museums on Bygdoy - the Kon Tiki Museum, the Fram Museum, and the Viking Ship Museum are all must sees in Oslo.
Hours:
01.01 - 28.02: 10.30 - 15.30
01.03-31.03: 10.30 - 16.00
01.04-31.05: 10.00 - 17.00
01.06 -31.08: 09.30-17.30
01.09-30.09: 10.00 - 17.00
01.10-31.10: 10.30 -16.00
01.11 - 31.12: 10.30 - 15.30 Leave a Comment
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 Ra II-in the flesh by bpwilletLeave a Comment
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 RA II by McPee
Not only are the sailing exhibits worth it - but the sheer endevour it creator had. Leave a Comment
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 Contiki by stiab3
I found this the most interesting of the maritime museums. Especially since Ra II finished its trans-atlantic journey in my home country Barbados.
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 The Kon Tiki by geekgrrlLeave a Comment Phone: 47 2308 6767Directions: Bus no. 30 to Bygdøy, every 15 minutes from Jernbanetorget (by Oslo train station) and the National Theatre. The Bygdøy ferries goes from Rådhuskaia (near Oslo City Hall) to Dronningen from April 20th.Website: http://www.kon-tiki.no/
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 Why wouldn't they take me on
the Tangaroa raft?! by nvm25
The centre of the exposition is of course the legendary "Kon-Tiki" raft which was used by Heyerdahl and his crew to prove Heyerdahls radically new theory about how Polinesia got inhabited (thanks God, we don't have to do this in economics:)). Before him, people thought that Polinesian islands were populated from Asia, and the brave deed of five Norwegians and one Swede showed that prehistoric settlers could have arrived to these islands from South America on balsa wood rafts like the one in the picture. Just imagine what courage it must take to sale with a vessel like this for 101 days and 8000 km over the open Pacific living off the ocean itself just as the prehistoric sailors would do. And this - in 1947, when the world was still recovering from the world war and the modern rescue opportunities were not in place. The museum has many multimedia tools to bring you closer to the experience, including the Oscar-winning documentary about the trip.
But best of it all is still the Heyerdahl's book "Expedition Kon-Tiki", which has been translated into 70 languages. That is some travelogue! I read it in Russian before coming to Norway and that is one of the most exciting reads I've ever had, which only proves that Heyerdahl was also a talented writer. All later expeditions of Heyerdahl are no less exciting and you can learn about them in the museum.
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Kon-Tiki was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Kon-Tiki is also the name of the popular book that Heyerdahl wrote about his adventures.
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.
Heyerdahl and a small team went to Peru, where they constucted a balsa wood raft out of balsa logs and other native materials in an indigenous style (as recorded in illustrations by Spanish conquistadores). This trip began on April 28, 1947. Accompanied by five companions, Heyerdahl sailed it for 101 days over 4,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean before smashing into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands on August 7, 1947. The only modern equipment they had was a radio.
The book Kon-Tiki was a best-seller, and a documentary motion picture of the expedition won an Academy Award in 1951.
The original Kon-Tiki is now on display in the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo
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The Kon Tiki Museum is home to many great historical boats and artifacts from Thor Heyerdahl's expeditions.
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