Kon-Tiki Museum
The Kon-Tiki-Museum ( Norwegian Kon-Tiki Museet ) is a museum in Oslo, Norway . It is located on the Bygdøy peninsula and exhibits objects from Thor Heyerdahl's expeditions and research.
On display are the original Kon-Tiki raft , maps and equipment from the expedition, the restored Ra II , exhibits on marine research, models of the three types of caves on Easter Island. It also houses a library with more than 8,000 books. Housed in a temporary building since 1949, the construction of a museum complex designed by the architects FS Platou and Otto Torgersen began in 1950 and opened in 1957. In 1978 an extension opened.
In cooperation with the Norwegian National Library , the museum manages the Bjarne Kroepeliens library, which contains around 4,500 publications, and the Heyerdahl archive. In addition to diaries, the latter includes original manuscripts, private letters, expedition plans, articles and newspaper clippings as well as unique photo and film material. The archive was declared World Document Heritage in 2011 .
In 2012 the museum presented a special exhibition on the production of the new Kon-Tiki feature film .
Near the Kon-Tiki Museum are the Frammuseum , the Norsk Folkemuseum , the Viking Ship Museum ( Vikingskipshuset ) and the Norwegian Maritime Museum ( Norsk Maritimt Museum ) .
Web links
- Official website of the Kon-Tiki Museum (Norwegian, English)
- PDF, Kroepelien collection or Bibliotheca Polynesiana, with a short biography (English). Oslo University Library, 2008. 306 pp.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thor Heyerdahl Archives. In: Memory of the World - Register. UNESCO , 2011, accessed June 20, 2013 .
- ^ Thor Heyerdahl - Kon-Tiki and the value of an oscar. (No longer available online.) Kon Tiki Museum, archived from the original on March 27, 2013 ; Retrieved June 20, 2013 (Norwegian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 59 ° 54 ′ 13 " N , 10 ° 41 ′ 53" E