Kon-Tiki Museum Oslo

Kon-Tiki Museum Oslo

one man to sail the Pacific Ocean on a simple raft from Peru to Polynesia
Kon-Tiki Museum Oslo - one man to sail the Pacific Ocean on a simple raft from Peru to Polynesia

Location: 

Bygdøynesveien 36, 0286 Oslo, Norway

Duration: 

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Journey: 

The first step: starting my sabbatical

Personal highlights

  1. Kon-Tiki: exhibition of the ship, the research, and the people behind
  2. Journey: in 1947 Thor Heyerdahl was sailing from Peruinfo-icon to Polynesia
  3. Ship: a simple raft of balsa wood in a pre-Columbian architecture
  4. Theory: he wanted to prove an alternative human migration stream
  5. Museum: lovely restored and very informative to learn about history

Image sources

  1. Flags of the expedition
  2. Wooden frame of the Kon-Tiki
  3. Instrument of the Kon-Tiki
  4. Top of the Kon-Tiki
  5. Statue from the Easter Island

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