Named after the first Norwegian ship built specifically for polar research, the Fram Museum is a must for anyone with an interest in Arctic exploration.
The museum's star attraction is the Fram, an icon due to its many successful polar voyages, as well as Gjøa, the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.
In an adjoining building is the Kon-Tiki Museum, with its displays dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl, famous for sailing from Peru to Eastern Polynesia in 1947 on the famous raft. The museum also houses the 14-meter-long papyrus Ra II in which Heyerdahl crossed the Atlantic in 1970.
