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  2. Visit the Kon-Tiki Museum and see the famous vessels used by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in some of the great sea voyages in modern history. The main exhibitions also have their own storylines for children. The Kon-Tiki Museum is located on the Bygdøy Peninsula in Oslo.

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  3. Visit The Kon-Tiki Museum and be inspired by Thor Heyerdahl! See the original balsa wood raft from 1947 and the Oscar-winning film from 1951! The museum houses original boats and artifacts from Thor Heyerdahl's world-famous expeditions such as the original Kon-Tiki balsa raft which crossed the Pacific Ocean in 1947 and the original reed boat Ra ...

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    • An Agreement in Santiago
    • The Kon-Tiki Voyage
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    The agreement was reached between representatives of Oslo's Kon-Tiki Museumand officials from Chile's culture ministry. The King and Queen of Norway were also in attendance at the ceremony in Santiago as part of a state visit. The family of Heyerdahl, who died in 2002, said the explorer had for a long time wanted to return the items that are curren...

    In 1947, Heyerdahl led the Kon-Tiki expeditionin which he sailed 8,000km across the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft. He set out to prove his theory that the Polynesian islands could have been settled by South American natives. His primary evidence was the Moai statues on Rapa Nui (known in the West as Easter Island) which, he claimed, owed more ...

    Chile’s culture minister, Consuelo Valdes, said in a statement that the ministry has a “mission to respond to the just demand of the Rapa Nui people to recover their cultural heritage.” “Today, one more step has been taken through this historic agreement with Norway, which will enable the return of valuable cultural and symbolic pieces,” he added. ...

  4. Visit the Kon-Tiki Museum and see the famous vessels used by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in some of the great sea voyages in modern history. The main exhibitions even have their own storylines for children. Following the world-renowned, sensational Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, the Kon-Tiki Museum was established in Oslo.

  5. Visit The Kon-Tiki Museum and be inspired by Thor Heyerdahl! See the original balsa wood raft from 1947 and the Oscar-winning film from 1951! The museum houses original boats and artifacts from Thor Heyerdahl's world-famous expeditions such as the original Kon-Tiki balsa raft which crossed the Pacific Ocean in 1947 and the original reed boat Ra ...

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