Kon-Tiki Museum

The Kon-Tiki Museum is a museum in the peninsula in Oslo, Norway. It houses vessels and maps from the Kon-Tiki expedition, as well as a library with about 8,000 books.
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  • Opening hours:
    May: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    June—August: 9:30 AM—6:00 PM
    September—April: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Oslo, Norway
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fram Museum and Norwegian Maritime Museum.

Museum
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The is a museum telling the story of Norwegian polar exploration. It is located on the peninsula of in , . is in an area with several other museums including the Kon-Tiki Museum, the , the and the .

Museum
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The is located at Bygdøynesveien on the peninsula, on the western side of , . The is situated near several other museums, including the ; the Kon-Tiki Museum; the ; and the .

Museum
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The is located on the peninsula in , . It is temporarily closed from September 2021 until 2027. It is part of the of the University of Oslo, and houses three Viking era burial ships that were found as part of archaeological finds from Tune, Gokstad, Oseberg and the . is situated 770 metres west of Kon-Tiki Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trøndelag, Norsk Folkemuseum and Skillebekk.

Locality
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is a locality.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , . It is located near Solli plass in the West End of Oslo, and is served by the station on the Skøyen Line. The name originates from Skillebekken, a brook between Bymarken and Frogner Hovedgård.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the borough in , . It serves both as a major container port and ferry terminal for the city. The Oslo-Kiel ferry docks by the Hjortneskaia at .

Kon-Tiki Museum

Latitude
59.90349° or 59° 54′ 13″ north
Longitude
10.69803° or 10° 41′ 53″ east
Operator
Thor Heyerdahl’s Research Foundation
Open location code
9FFGWM3X+96
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28476403
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1415972
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Kon-Tiki Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կոն-Տիկի թանգարան”
  • Basque: “Kon-Tiki Museoa”
  • Bulgarian: “Кон-Тики”
  • Catalan: “Museu Kon-Tiki”
  • Czech: “Muzeum Kon-Tiki”
  • Czech: “Muzeum Thora Heyerdahla”
  • Czech: “Muzeum Thora Heyerdala”
  • Danish: “Kon-Tiki Museet”
  • Danish: “Kon-Tiki-Museet”
  • Danish: “Thor Heyerdahls forskningsstiftelse”
  • Dutch: “Kon-Tiki Museet”
  • Dutch: “Kon-Tiki Museum”
  • French: “musée du Kon-Tiki”
  • French: “Musée du Kon-Tiki”
  • Georgian: “კონ-ტიკის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Kon-Tiki Museet”
  • German: “Kon-Tiki-Museum”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון קון טיקי”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון קון-טיקי”
  • Italian: “Kon-Tiki Museet”
  • Italian: “Museo Kon-Tiki”
  • Japanese: “コンチキ号博物館”
  • Japanese: “コンティキ号博物館”
  • Korean: “콘-티키 박물관”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kon-Tiki Museet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kon-Tiki-museet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kon-Tikimuseet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kontiki-museet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kontikimuseet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kon-Tiki Museet”
  • Norwegian: “Kon-Tiki Museet”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Kon-Tiki”
  • Portuguese: “Kontiki-museet”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Kon-Tiki”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Kon-Tiki”
  • Russian: “Музей «Кон-Тики»”
  • Russian: “Музей Кон-Тики”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej Kon-Tiki”
  • Spanish: “Museo Kon Tiki”
  • Spanish: “Museo Kon-Tiki”
  • Swedish: “Kon-Tiki-museet”
  • Swedish: “Kon-Tikimuseet”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Кон-Тікі”

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