# The Kensington Runestone

> The Kensington Runestone

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/artifacts/ART0CT1J2NA7RPN/the-kensington-runestone  
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**ART** 0CT1J2NA7RPN·Artifact · object

# The Kensington Runestone

Document102 pagesPublic domainInscribed date 1362

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Minnesota Historical Society (plates), 1362. Public domain

## Copies 7

**Photo** Minnesota Historical Society (plates) · archive.org · 1910 · Public domain (published 1910; Internet Archive marks it not in copyright)Primary source: [The Kensington Rune Stone: Preliminary report to the Minnesota Historical Society by its Museum Committee](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT1HJ2265YE/the-kensington-rune-stone-preliminary-report-to-the)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/kensingtonrunest00minn)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/5df3b613dd1d531b3ec6959ad0fa1166d9b867a87458f63a928e080474709011)

**Document** Kevin Shain, Laser Design · artec3d.com · unknown1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.artec3d.com/3d-models/kensington-runestone)

**Picture** Minnesota Historical Society · archive.org · Public domain (published 1910; Internet Archive marks it not in copyright)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/kensingtonrunest00minn)

**Scan** George T. Flom (photographs of both inscribed faces) · archive.org · 1910 · public-domain2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/kensingtonrunest00flom)

**Photograph** George T. Flom · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kensington-runestone_flom-1910.jpg)

**Photograph** Travellers & Tinkers · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1948KRSmonument.jpg)

**Photograph** Mauricio Valle · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kensington_Runestone.jpg)

## Where it is kept

[Runestone Museum, Alexandria, Minnesota](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CT1HPEP13PH/runestone-museum-alexandria-minnesota) · Museum

## Sources 1

- [The Kensington Rune Stone: Preliminary report to the Minnesota Historical Society by its Museum Committee](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT1HJ2265YE/the-kensington-rune-stone-preliminary-report-to-the)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Kensington Runestone [Artifact ART0CT1J2NA7RPN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CT1J2NA7RPN
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**ART** 0CT1J2NA7RPN

Kind

Object

Held by

Runestone Museum, Alexandria, Minnesota

Dated

inscribed date 1362; found 8 November 1898

Licence

Public domain (published 1910; Internet Archive marks it not in copyright)

Place

[Runestone Museum, Alexandria, Minnesota](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CT1HPEP13PH/runestone-museum-alexandria-minnesota)

Part of

[Kensington Runestone](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone)

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