The Runestone Museum in Alexandria, Minnesota, established in 1958, centers on the Kensington Runestone, a disputed inscribed stone long promoted by some as evidence of pre-Columbian Norse presence in North America. Beyond that debated artifact, the museum interprets the region’s broader past through exhibits on Norse history and culture, Native peoples in Minnesota, early European settlers, homesteading, and Minnesota wildlife, along with interactive displays for children. Its larger features include Fort Alexandria, a replica fort with authentic log buildings from the 1860s to the 1910s, and Snorri, a 40-foot Viking ship replica. Scholarly opinion since 1910 has generally regarded the runestone as a 19th-century hoax.