Thor Heyerdahl gained world fame when he crossed the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood ship in 1947 called the Kon-Tiki; He followed this with amazing expeditions on reed boats; The Kon-Tiki Museum has been established so that visitors can experience the original ships in modern exhibitions, including Kon-Tiki, and they can also see an underwater exhibition with a 10-meter model of a whale shark, a Thor library and many interesting facilities.