The magic that brings to life the exhibits at New York’s Museum of Natural History is running out as Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (PG) opens, forcing Larry (Ben Stiller) to travel to London in order to rejuvenate the ancient Egyptian enchantment.

Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian adventurer who accomplished what was thought impossible by crossing the Pacific ocean from Peru to Polynesia on a balsa log raft in 1947, has died in Italy aged 87.