Visits to the Kon-Tiki Museum and the Viking Ship Museum during the IFLA World Library & Information Congress Oslo, Norway, AUGUST 12-20, 2005
The evening officer's reception was held at the Kon-Tiki Museum, which is across fjords from central Oslo. For more information on the Kon-Tiki Museum, see
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Two of the boats that Thor Heyerdahl used to test his theory of migrations in the south pacific
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The Viking Ship Museum displays ships and other artifacts that have been uncovered near Oslo. For more information on the museum see:
http://www.khm.uio.no/english/viking_ship_museum/index.shtmlThe ferry to the Viking Ship Museum and Terry in front of the museum
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Some of the ships on display
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Here you can see the shelter and the oars used (On the wall behind the ship)
For photos of events at the conference, see: IFLA05
For photos of friends & colleagues at the conference see: Friends and Colleagues
Photos of Aker Brygge, the popular shopping and entertainment area in Oslo are at Aker Brygge
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