Kon-tiki museum and Thor Heyerdahl

The Kon-tiki museum is located in** Oslo, Norway** and is a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl. **Thor **is one of history's most influential and important explorers. The most well-known thing he did was his Kon tiki trip. The Kon-tiki is the *raft *that they sailed from **Peru **to Polynesia.

The Museum experience

In the museum you'll get to see the original things that **Thor **and his crew used during their trip. That means the video camera they filmed their documentary with, their clothes, and most importantly the actual Kon-tiki raft!

Facts part 1

The trip was about **8000 **km and took **101 **days.

The plan was to prove that it is possible for the South-American people to travel over the **Pacific to Polynesia on balsa rafts. The original Kon-tiki raft was a balsa raft because of this. He had to ride it first hand to get *attention *from the world.

Like the science teacher

You know when the teacher in **science class **makes a **balloon burn **with a type of liquid or something like that? This project of travelling the ocean is like that where the burning balloon is the **Raft **and **ocean **while the people of the *class *is the people of the world.

Facts part 2

This guy is extra cool in today's** Norway **because he also cared about the **environment **and peace in the world.

He did some insanely important foundings on the Galapagos, Túcume, and even the Easter Island!

''Kon-tiki'' is the **Inka **people's sun king and priest. They supposedly lived by the ocean and left with the Kon-tiki raft when they were almost made distinct by a neighbouring tribe. The Kon-tiki character is according to Thor Heyerdahl the *tribe father *to the population of Polynesia.

A documentary of **Kon-tiki **was made during the floating trip and came out in 1950.

The Kon-tiki movie was released in **2012 **and was so close to winning the Oscar for the ''best international film'' which a **Chilean **movie won instead. The film is both in **Norwegian and English. Watch both because their English-Norwegian dialect **is very funny to experience!

How to get here:

Bus 30 from **Jernbanetorget **(Oslo Central Station), **Rådhuset **(City Hall) and **Solli plass **every 10 min.

**Ferry **from **Rådhuskaien **(City Hall Pier) from **April **to October every 20 min. Stop nr. 2 Bygdøynes, 200 meters away from the Kon-Tiki Museum.