{"id":19782,"date":"2025-03-12T15:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/others\/historical-pieces\/board-game-kon-tiki\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T10:54:52","slug":"board-game-kon-tiki","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/en\/others\/historical-pieces\/board-game-kon-tiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Board Game \u201cKon Tiki\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Surpassed today by their electronic counterparts, board games delighted many generations of children, providing moments of social interaction and learning within the family context. Founded in 1939, Majora, a company from Porto whose name derives from its founder, M\u00e1rio Jos\u00e9 Ant\u00f3nio de Oliveira, is responsible for games that form part of the imagination of much of the Portuguese population, such as Horse Race, The Know-It-All, Cinderella, Snakes and Ladders, and also the game highlighted here, inspired by the Pacific crossing undertaken by the Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl on the raft Kon-Tiki.&#13;\n&#13;\nThis and other games, all in excellent condition, were donated to the Museum of Angra do Heroismo last June, considerably enriching its Toys and Games Collection.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-62.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12569 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-62.jpg 630w, https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-62-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surpassed today by their electronic counterparts, board games delighted many generations of children, providing moments of social interaction and learning within the family context. 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