The exposition of the Museum "Kon-Tiki" and "Ra" is associated with ethnographic research and nautical achievements of one of the outstanding Norwegian travelers Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002). He set out to refute with a bold experiment the assertions that in ancient times, before Columbus, people could not cross the Pacific Ocean. Many facts pointed to the success of such voyages long before the official discovery of America, although they did not receive general fame. The journey of Heyerdahl and his companions was made in 1947, the duration of the voyage from Peru to the Tuamotu archipelago was 101 days.→