Kon-Tiki Museum

Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl set off on an expedition across the Pacific Ocean on the Kon-Tiki raft in 1947. The famous raft “Kon-Tiki” was constructed of lightweight balsa wood and bound with ropes, without the use of nails. The explorer sailed the raft more than 8,000 kilometers from Peru to Polynesia to prove that the settlement of the Pacific Islands by the original inhabitants of South America was possible. His 1951 film about the expedition won an Oscar, Norway's first, and a book describing the history of the expedition has been translated into 67 languages, including Polish.

Fun fact: there were six men on the raft, five Norwegians and one Swede, and also a parrot called Lorita. The raft left Callao in Peru on 28 April 1947 and, after 101 days, crashed into the reef of Raroia atoll in Polynesia.

We could see the explorer's original raft. There are a lot of exhibits and a movie theater showing a film about the expedition. We walked through the whole museum and learned what this trip looked like. In the museum we can also find restored caves that were found during excavations on Easter Island. At the entrance stands a 10-meter replica of the island's monument.

Regular tickets cost 90 NOK per adult, 40 NOK for children over 6 and 180 NOK for a family ticket.

Our video memory of the visit to the Kon-Tiki Museum:

Leaving the museum, I noticed that Kris did not have his jacket. He had left it at the playground in the previous museum. I needed to take an extra bus ride back to the previous museum to get it. Fortunately, re-entry was free with the Oslo Pass card. His jacket was on a bench.