Kon-Tiki Museum
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The Kon-Tiki Museum is a maritime museum in Oslo, Norway, dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl’s expeditions and housing original vessels like the Kon-Tiki raft and the Ra II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kon-Tiki Museum canonical | 4 |
| Kon-Tiki Museum (Bygdøy) | 1 |
| Thor Heyerdahl life and work exhibition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1138543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kon-Tiki Museum Context triple: [Fram Museum, near, Kon-Tiki Museum]
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A.
Houseboat Museum
The Houseboat Museum is a unique Amsterdam attraction that lets visitors experience life inside a traditional Dutch houseboat moored on the Prinsengracht canal.
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B.
Treasure Island Museum
Treasure Island Museum is a local history museum on San Francisco’s Treasure Island that showcases the island’s past, including its role in the Golden Gate International Exposition and its military and maritime heritage.
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C.
Discovery Museum
Discovery Museum is a major science and local history museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, known for its interactive exhibits on science, technology, and the region’s maritime and industrial heritage.
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D.
Museumsufer
Museumsufer is Frankfurt am Main’s renowned museum district along the River Main, known for its dense concentration of major art, cultural, and historical museums.
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E.
Dunera Museum
The Dunera Museum is a heritage museum in Hay, New South Wales, that commemorates the WWII internment of “Dunera Boys” and other wartime prisoners held in local camps.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kon-Tiki Museum Target entity description: The Kon-Tiki Museum is a maritime museum in Oslo, Norway, dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl’s expeditions and housing original vessels like the Kon-Tiki raft and the Ra II.
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A.
Houseboat Museum
The Houseboat Museum is a unique Amsterdam attraction that lets visitors experience life inside a traditional Dutch houseboat moored on the Prinsengracht canal.
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B.
Treasure Island Museum
Treasure Island Museum is a local history museum on San Francisco’s Treasure Island that showcases the island’s past, including its role in the Golden Gate International Exposition and its military and maritime heritage.
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C.
Discovery Museum
Discovery Museum is a major science and local history museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, known for its interactive exhibits on science, technology, and the region’s maritime and industrial heritage.
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D.
Museumsufer
Museumsufer is Frankfurt am Main’s renowned museum district along the River Main, known for its dense concentration of major art, cultural, and historical museums.
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E.
Dunera Museum
The Dunera Museum is a heritage museum in Hay, New South Wales, that commemorates the WWII internment of “Dunera Boys” and other wartime prisoners held in local camps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime museum
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Easter Island research
ⓘ
Kon-Tiki (book) ⓘ
surface form:
Kon-Tiki expedition (1947)
Ra expeditions ⓘ Tigris expedition ⓘ |
| city | Oslo ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Norway ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Thor Heyerdahl ⓘ |
| exhibits |
Easter Island artifacts
ⓘ
Kon-Tiki raft ⓘ Ra II papyrus boat ⓘ Ra papyrus boat remains ⓘ Thor Heyerdahl archives ⓘ Tigris reed boat model ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Thor Heyerdahl expeditions
ⓘ
experimental archaeology ⓘ oceanic voyages ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Thor Heyerdahl ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
boats
ⓘ
nautical artifacts ⓘ ships ⓘ |
| hasEducationalPrograms | true ⓘ |
| hasFilmScreenings | true ⓘ |
| hasGiftShop | true ⓘ |
| hasIndoorExhibits | true ⓘ |
| hasOriginalVessels | true ⓘ |
| hasPermanentExhibition |
Kon-Tiki expedition exhibition
ⓘ
Ra and Ra II expeditions exhibition ⓘ Kon-Tiki Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Thor Heyerdahl life and work exhibition
|
| hasSubject |
Polynesian navigation
ⓘ
pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact theories ⓘ |
| hasType | single-subject museum ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.kon-tiki.no ⓘ |
| languageOfExhibits |
English
ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bygdøy peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Bygdøy
Oslo ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Fram Museum
ⓘ
Norwegian Maritime Museum ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Kon-Tiki (book)
ⓘ
surface form:
Kon-Tiki expedition
|
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| region | Oslo County ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentaries on Thor Heyerdahl
ⓘ
tourist guides about Oslo ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kon-Tiki Museum Description of subject: The Kon-Tiki Museum is a maritime museum in Oslo, Norway, dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl’s expeditions and housing original vessels like the Kon-Tiki raft and the Ra II.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Frogner
this entity surface form:
Kon-Tiki Museum (Bygdøy)
this entity surface form:
Thor Heyerdahl life and work exhibition