Bygdøy Museums: Kon-Tiki, Fram and How to Get There Out of Season
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Bygdøy is Oslo’s museum peninsula, and right now it is a half-day trip built around the Kon-Tiki and Fram museums. The Viking Ship Museum there is closed, and the museum’s own website gives November 2027 as the planned reopening, which it says can still change (see our Viking guide). The Kon-Tiki Museum entry ticket costs €17.07, with 4.5 out of 5 from 61 reviews.
Getting there: ferry in season, bus in winter
The Kon-Tiki Museum’s website describes two routes. The Bygdøy ferry leaves Rådhuskaien 4 for Bygdøy from April to October, every 20 minutes; stop no. 2, Bygdøynes, is 200 metres from the Kon-Tiki Museum. Outside that season, the museum lists bus 30 from Jernbanetorget, City Hall and Solli Plass, every 10 minutes. Check the exact timetable with the transport operator on the day you travel. If you read this between November and March, plan on the bus.
Two boat trips can also take you across, with conditions. The listing of the wooden sailing boat cruise names a free ferry ticket to the Bygdøy museum island, which only helps while the ferry runs from April to October, and says museum tickets are not included. The 2-hour electric cruise offers an optional stop at Bygdøy after about 1 hour 45 minutes, “depending on the operating schedule”, and warns that it may not always be available. Both are covered in our fjord boat comparison.
Kon-Tiki Museum
The museum says it is open every day of the year: May 10 am–6 pm, June to August 9:30 am–6 pm and September to April 10 am–5 pm, closing at 3 pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. It opened a new exhibition around and beneath the Kon-Tiki raft in summer 2026, with a new Easter Island display and a free audio guide, according to its website.
The booking page says the ticket is valid on the date you choose, with entry any time during opening hours, and lists the original Kon-Tiki raft, exhibitions on Thor Heyerdahl’s expeditions and the 1950 Academy Award-winning Kon-Tiki film, which it says screens daily at 12 pm in the museum cinema. The page carries a wheelchair-accessible label. If you rely on step-free access, confirm the details with the museum first.
Fram Museum
The Fram Museum’s website says it is open 365 days a year and currently lists daily hours of 10 am–5 pm. Check the page before you go, since hours may change with the season. The Fram is the polar ship the museum is built around, and the private Fram Museum tour with skip-the-line tickets describes going aboard the ship with a private guide, in a choice of six languages, for €165. It meets at the Kon-Tiki Museum, and the page says the ticket covers the permanent collection. The museum also sells its own tickets on its website.
Norsk Folkemuseum
The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History is also on Bygdøy. In our listings it appears as a private tour with skip-the-line tickets, and the description mentions the Gol Stave Church and other historic buildings. It is a private guided tour for €176, meeting at Museumsveien 10. According to the museum’s website, from 5 October to 30 April it is open Tuesday to Sunday 11 am–4 pm and closed on Mondays, with extra Monday openings on 21 and 28 December.
Planning a winter day
Start early. The Kon-Tiki Museum closes at 5 pm from September to April, and the Fram Museum currently lists 5 pm as well. The Norsk Folkemuseum closes at 4 pm in winter and stays shut on Mondays. With the ferry out of season, count on the bus both ways.
The options at a glance
| Option | What it is | Length | Starts at | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kon-Tiki Museum entry ticket | Museum entry, with a film screening daily at 12 pm | Entry any time during opening hours | Bygdøynesveien 36 | €17.07 |
| Wooden sailing boat cruise | Fjord cruise; the listing names a ferry ticket to Bygdøy | 2 hours | Rådhusbrygge 3 | €40.68 |
| 2-hour electric cruise | Fjord cruise with an optional stop at Bygdøy | 2 hours | Rådhusbrygge 4 | €47.23 |
Our recommendation
For most visitors, buy the Kon-Tiki Museum ticket, take bus 30 or, in season, the ferry, and add the Fram Museum on the same trip. Read the Munch Museum, National Museum and Opera House guide for the city-centre side of a museum day, and see all tickets and museums on the category page.
