List of time capsules explained
This is a list of time capsules. The register of The International Time Capsule Society estimates there are between 10,000 and 15,000 time capsules worldwide. An estimated 95% of time capsules are lost track of by the fifth anniversary of their burial.
An active list of time capsules is maintained by the NotForgotten Digital Preservation Library.
Asia
India
- Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had buried a time capsule outside one of the gate of Red Fort complex,The Indira Gandhi government named this time capsule "Kalpaatra", Delhi containing post-independence history of India on 15 August 1972 amid political opposition. It was scheduled to be opened after 1000 years. The next Janata government unearthed it in 1977 but its contents were never made public and were lost.
- A time capsule was buried in the presence of the President of India near the auditorium of IIT Kanpur on 6 March 2010.
- Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar containing the history of Indian state of Gujarat marking the 50 years of its foundation. Installed in 2010.
- Alexandra Girls' English Institution, a school in Fort, South Mumbai buried a time capsule in 2014, scheduling it to be opened on 1 September 2062, on the bi-centennial anniversary of the school.
- Under the flag holding of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a time-capsule was buried in the premises of Lovely Professional University, a University located in Jalandhar, Punjab on the second day of Indian National Congress dated 4 January 2019. The occasion was attended by Nobel laureates, including biochemist Avram Hershko and physicist Duncan Haldane. They lowered a 8x8 time capsule-box made of aluminium and wood with a glass door. 10 feet into the ground. A smart phone, landline telephone, VCR, stereo player, stop watch, computer parts like hard disk, mouse, laptop, central processing unit, a motherboard, hard disk with the latest documentaries and movies, a camera, science-text books and scientific equipment like rheostat, refrectorscope and double microscope are some of the things that will remain buried for 100 years. The area where the capsule has been buried would be cemented and earmarked.
- On 26 January 2021, a 1.5 tonne time capsule encapsulating the history of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) history spanning over a century was buried 30 feet deep in the park opposite Victoria Gate during Republic Day celebrations to mark the university's eventful centenary year on Tuesday.
Japan
- The Expo '70 time capsule is located near Osaka Castle, donated by Panasonic and the Mainichi Newspapers. It was opened for the first time in 2000, and then the second time expected to be opened in 2100. The time capsule remains sealed until 6970.
Kazakhstan
- In Aktau, people of 1967 sent a message showing the chronology of the development of Mangyshlak Peninsula with the names of the people who helped to build the town in the desert. The letter was put in a metallic cylinder in a triangular marble urn. It opened in November 2017.
South Korea
- During the inaugural Youth Day event in 2020, K-pop group BTS handed a time capsule to president Moon Jae-in to be opened in the year 2039, during the 20th Youth Day event. It was currently stored in the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History. The purple time capsule contains some of the best memories BTS had during their entire career.
- The in Namsangol Hanok Village was buried in 1994 to celebrate Seoul's 600th anniversary as the capital of Korea. It contains 600 items chosen to represent the city. The time capsule is set to be opened on 29 November 2394, on the city's 1000th anniversary.
Malaysia
- Rotary Club Time Capsule Monument (GPS: 3.15912, 101.69825) is a commemorative monument along Jalan Sultan Ismail in Kuala Lumpur. It was originally located at Dataran Merdeka, but was relocated to Jalan Sultan Ismail around 2016. It comprises a stainless steel column topped with a Rotary International logo. At the base is a black marble-encased pedestal under which a time capsule is buried. The monument was erected to celebrate the presence of Rotary in Malaysia since 1929. It was officiated by the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Tan Sri Dato' Kamaruzzaman bin Shariff, on 26 June 2000.
Philippines
- The El Hogar Building in Escolta, Manila contained a time capsule behind a copper plaque and is believed to contain mostly Spanish-language works. It was reportedly removed from the building in 2018.
- Three time capsules were sealed near the town hall of Naguilian, La Union containing memorabilia related to the town's history and culture. These are to be opened after 25, 50, and 100 years.
Russia
- On 7 May 2005, a time capsule was placed at the Kumzhensky memorial in Russia with an instruction to open on 9 May 2045.
- In 2012, a time capsule dating from 15 July 1979 was found in Vulkanny (Yelizovsky District, Kamchatka peninsula) under a statue of Lenin. It contained messages to the "Soviet Russian master society in 2024",
Singapore
- The oldest known time capsule in Singapore was rediscovered in early 2016, beneath the foundation stone of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. The shoebox-sized time capsule from 18 June 1843 was found to include a prayer booklet and newspapers, and international coins. The capsule is thought to have been buried by French Catholic missionary priests and other founding communities of Singapore.
- On 1 April 1937, a capsule containing coins and newspapers from the time was buried under the foundation stone of the former Supreme Court building with the intention that it be opened in the year 3000. The building now houses the National Gallery Singapore, where the foundation stone can still be seen today.
- In 1949, a capsule was buried at Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) containing school magazines, a bible and records of major donors. Thought to be lost, the capsule was rediscovered in 2000 with the help of a former student who had attended the burial ceremony.
- A capsule buried in 1950 under the then Royal Island Club (now the Singapore Island Country Club) was thought to be lost but later found by construction workers in 2010. It contained photographs and newspapers.
- In 1970, one of Singapore's founding leaders, Dr Goh Keng Swee laid a copper cylinder containing newspapers and Singapore bank notes from the era, somewhere in the former National Stadium. Unfortunately the location has been lost and metal detectors have failed to find it despite a $50,000 reward on offer.
- Since 1973, Science Centre Singapore has been depositing gadgets and examples of significant technologies in a time capsule inaugurated by then Science and Technology Minister Dr Toh Chin Chye. The first 112 items deposited included a black and white television receiver, a camera and samples of pig feed. After additional deposits were made in 1983, 2001 and 2013, the original capsule was replaced with a larger stainless steel container that now holds over 800 items in an atmosphere of inert nitrogen gas in the hope that this will better preserve the artefacts inside.
- The Jurong Town Corporation buried a time capsule under Jurong Town Hall in 1974. When opened in 2001, the capsule was found to contain reports, articles and photographs illustrating the industrialisation of Jurong.
- In 1975, part of Singapore's contribution to an International Ocean Exposition held in Okinawa, Japan entitled The Sea We Would Like to See was a research project using floating time capsules. The previous year, 50 small round capsules were released from Raffles Lighthouse as part of a global fleet of 2,800 to measure oceanic tides and currents. Each capsule contained information about the Exposition, a goodwill message from a Japanese child and a voucher for a Citizen Blackie watch to incentivise finders to fill in a post card with details of where the capsule were found. 24 of the capsules released in Singapore were later recovered.
- 1990 saw the unexpected unearthing of a time capsule from the 1950s by contractors working at the demolished American Insurance building in Robinson Road. Buried on 26 April 1956, the copper canister contained English and Chinese newspapers, a financial report, photographs, posters and an insurance agent's manual.
- In 2015, a time capsule buried to celebrate Singapore's 25th year of independence was dug up and replaced with one celebrating 50 years as a sovereign nation. The original canister held 88 "symbols of progress" including a video tape of the 1966 National Day (Singapore), water from the Singapore River and the first sarong kebaya uniforms designed by Pierre Balmain for Singapore Airlines in 1968. The replacement capsule, made from stainless steel, was buried by then Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong outside Empress Place.
- On 31 August 2005, Singapore Polytechnic buried a time capsule in order to conclude year-long celebrations of its 50th anniversary of its founding in 1954. Located near its main library, it is scheduled to be re-opened in 2029 for its 75th anniversary. Items in the time capsule included staff and student admission cards, a CD of 2004's graduation ceremony and a bottle of locally brewed red wine.
Caribbean
Install
Year | Open
Year | Location | width=55% | Notes | Cite |
|---|
| 2012 | | Bacardi headquarters, Bermuda | In celebration of its 150th corporate anniversary, Bacardi Limited installed a 1.82m x 0.30m stainless steel time capsule, encased in a granite cap and cement pedestal, in front of the Bacardi worldwide headquarters in Bermuda. The capsule was placed in December 2012 and is intended to be opened in 2062, at the company's 200th anniversary. | | |
Europe
Install
Year | Open
Year | Location | width=55% | Notes | Cite |
|---|
| 1891 | | Palace hotel, Zagreb, Croatia | Message which wishes luck and prosperity to the family of the owner Dragutin Schlesinger, achievements during the reign of King Franz Joseph and Ban Khuen-Héderváry, price lists of that time, etc. Also the Obzor and Agramer Zeitung newspapers and several coins. | [2] |
| 1894 | | Kingussie, Scotland | 29 September 1894 newspaper; bottle believed to contain whisky. | [3] |
| 1898 | | Bell tower of the Zagreb Cathedral, Zagreb, Croatia | Message from architect Herman Bollé who run the 19th century reconstruction of the Zagreb Cathedral, in it he wished; 'When it is opened, let the Croats be a unified nation'. | [4] |
| 2015 | | Cognac, France, Louis XIII Cellars | Contents: A film and a bottle of Louis XIII | [5] |
| 2017 | | Durham County Record Office, Co Durham, England | Contents: An eclectic collection of texts, images and small artefacts. Installed in the archive facility within the Durham County Record Office. | [6] |
| | Hallstatt, Austria | Memory of Mankind | |
| 2024 | 2024 | Flums, Switzerland | The Global Knowledge Vault Contents: English Wikipedia and Rosetta language archives. | [7] | |
France
Iceland
- Erected in 2014, the monument is located in Reykjavik, Iceland, has of three differently shaped 15 feet tall spires, two made of stone and one metal center pillar.
Italy
- A ~20-man, White War military barracks on Mount Scorluzzo—which had been locked up at the end of World War I—became partly accessible from the 1990s and completely accessible in 2015 because of melting glaciers. The barracks contained beds made of straw, clothes, lanterns, newspapers, postcards, coins, tinned food and animal bones empty of marrow.
Norway
- On 17 September 2017 near the Polish Polar Station, Hornsund in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, scientific researchers buried a 60-centimeter stainless steel tube containing samples designed to tell finders as long as half a million years into the future, about the current state of knowledge in such areas as geology, biology, and technology.
Poland
- Prisoners from the Auschwitz concentration camp concealed bottles containing sketches and writings that were found after World War II.
- In 2016, a copper-cylinder time capsule dating to 1934 was found beneath the former Nazi training facility in the Ordensburg Krössinsee building in Złocieniec, Poland. The time capsule, which contained photographs, newspapers, coins, and two copies of Hitler's Mein Kampf, was retrieved by researchers who navigated through thick concrete, German mines, and groundwater.
Spain
- An 1834 time capsule was discovered in 2009 under a statue of Miguel de Cervantes in Madrid. It contains a guide and four volumes of the 1819 edition of Don Quixote.
- A time capsule was buried in Motril, Granada. It will be opened on 22 July 2023 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the cantonal movement.
- A 1777 time capsule was discovered within a religious statue in Sotillo de la Ribera (Burgos). It contained two handwritten pages describing details of the political, religious, and economic situation of the region at the time.
Switzerland
United Kingdom
- Kingussie, Scotland: in August 2015, workers discovered a metal box containing a newspaper from 29 September 1894, a paper scroll and a bottle believed to contain whisky.
- Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, England: On 21 March 2017, a time capsule bearing the name of its creator, James D Robinson, was 'sealed' at an informal gathering in a local church hall. It was subsequently transferred to the nearby Durham County Record Office, at County Hall, in the City of Durham, where it will reside in their archive facility for the next 300 years. The capsule contains an eclectic mix of texts and images along with a number of artefacts, and is scheduled to be opened on 21 March 2317.
- The children's television show Blue Peter has buried several time capsules during its run. Ones buried in London in 1971 and 1984 were opened in January 2000. A third was then buried to be opened in 2029, and has since been relocated to Salford, Greater Manchester. One was also placed under the Millennium Dome in London in 1998, to be opened in 2050, but was accidentally unearthed and damaged during construction work in 2017. It was reburied once it was repaired.
- Southampton, Hampshire: a 1935 message in a lemonade bottle, correctly portending difficult times lying ahead, was found in 2016 by masons restoring damaged Portland stone at Southampton Guildhall.
- Millennium Vault, Europe's largest time capsule was built in 2000 in Guildford, Surrey. The capsule, which contains lots of mementos, is set to be opened in 3000.
North America
Canada
- On 26 July 1830, a formal procession and ceremony took place to deposit coins and bottled newspapers into a carved hollow of the cornerstone of the new courthouse building at Harbour Grace, NL Witnessed by more than 1000 residents and dignitaries, several symbolic items (corn, oil, wine) were poured over the stone. The Harbour Grace Court House is the oldest surviving public building in Newfoundland and one of the National Historic Sites of Canada.
- The British Columbia Time Capsule in Victoria, British Columbia. Built near the Confederation Garden Court adjacent to the provincial Parliament buildings on 31 December 1967, it is set to be opened 100 years later as part of what will be Canada's bi-centennial celebrations.
- A geologist left a bottled message in 1959 in a cairn on Ward Hunt Island (83°N latitude), allowing its finders in 2013 to determine that a nearby glacier had retreated over 200 feet in 54 years.
- Inside the head of the World's Largest Axe in Nackawic-Millville, New Brunswick.
- 6 Feet underground in the Chinook Centre in Calgary, Alberta; to be opened on 31 December 2999.
- 1234 Main Street, Moncton, New Brunswick
- Inside Joseph Salter memorial, Main Street, Moncton, New Brunswick
- Inside the CN Tower, in Toronto, Ontario. To be opened at the CN Tower's 100th anniversary On 1 October 2076.
United States
Sealed
Date | Open
Date | Location | City | State | width=55% | Notes | Cite |
|---|
| 1920 | 2024 | Owatonna High School | Owatonna | Minnesota | The time capsule was discovered in the corner stone when the school was torn down. | [9] |
| 2000 | January 20, 2033 | Richmond Mall | Forest Acres | South Carolina | The time capsule was placed in 2000, when the Richmond Mall was built. It was discovered in 2024, when a demolition crew knocked it down. It was re-placed in a nearby park. | [10] |
| 4 July 1825 | | Norfolk County Courthouse | Dedham | Massachusetts | | [11] |
| / | | Boulder | Colorado | The courthouse plaza at Pearl Street Mall has two time capsules: one to be opened in 2075, the other in 2096. | |
| | Miami-Dade County Courthouse | Miami | Florida | Time capsule encased in cement at the entrance of the Miami Dade County Courthouse, 73 W. Flagler, St., Miami, Florida. To be opened on 17 September 2087. | |
| 14 May 1988 | | | Coeur d'Alene | Idaho | Made to commemorate the centennial of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. | [12] |
| | Dedham Savings | Dedham | Massachusetts | There is a time capsule in the main branch of the Dedham Institution for Savings on Elm St. | |
| 4 July 1975 | | | Seward | Nebraska | The largest time capsule in the world is located in Seward, Nebraska, containing over 5,000 items, one of which is a Chevy Vega. It opens on 4 July 2025. | |
| | St. Joseph School | Mendham | New Jersey | | |
| | | Centralia | Pennsylvania | Time Capsule in Centralia, Pennsylvania was to be opened in 2016 but was opened in 2014 instead. Within the time capsule was about two feet of water destroying most paper artifacts in the capsule. A miner's helmet and a pair of bloomers signed by the men living in the city at the time are among artifacts that remained. | |
| 1779 | | Fishburne Military School | Waynesboro | Virginia | Time capsule for Fishburne Military School to be opened in 2179, the school's 300th anniversary. | |
| 1795 | | Massachusetts State House | Boston | | The Samuel Adams and Paul Revere Time Capsule was found under the Golden Dome of the Massachusetts State House in December 2014. It is believed to have been buried in 1795 by then-Governor Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, and contained newspapers, a commonwealth seal, colony records, coins, a silver plate, and copper medal. It was uncovered, then added to and replaced, in 1855. Being 219 years old, it is the oldest time capsule to be discovered in the United States. | |
| | St. Paul's Church | Dedham | Massachusetts | At St. Paul's Church in Dedham there is a time capsule under the cornerstone. | |
| 1872 | | Reno Masonic Lodge | Reno | Nevada | A time capsule was placed in cornerstone at the Reno Masonic Lodge in October 1872. It was opened on 16 April 2019. It contained more than 40 items, including a harmonica, a corkscrew, silver dollars minted in Carson City and San Francisco, a piece of wood from Sutter's Mill, and copies of several newspapers, including the Nevada State Journal, the Nevada Appeal, and the Territorial Enterprise. | |
| 1887 | | Statue of Robert E. Lee | Richmond | Virginia | A time capsule hidden since 1887 in a pedestal beneath a statue of Robert E. Lee was opened in December 2021 after the statue's removal, revealing an 1875 almanac, a waterlogged book of fiction, a British coin, a catalog, a letter and a photograph of a master stonemason who worked on the pedestal. | |
| 1887 | | Dedham Museum and Archive | Dedham | Massachusetts | There is a time capsule placed beneath the cornerstone of the building. | |
| 1888 | | Wall Street | New York City | New York | | [13] |
| 31 December 1900 | | | Detroit | Michigan | Detroit Century Box in Detroit, Michigan, containing 56 letters from prominent citizens, sealed at midnight on 31 December 1900 and opened on 31 December 2000. | |
| 1901 | | Old State House | Boston | Massachusetts | Inside the statue of the lion atop the Old State House in Boston, a time capsule from 1901 was discovered in 2014. | |
| | | Dedham | Massachusetts | A time capsule was placed in the cornerstone. | |
| 1905 | | | Palatka | Florida | | |
| 6 June 1907 | | | Fort Collins | Colorado | In January 2013, a time capsule dated 6 June 1907 was found in a cornerstone of the building at 140 Oak Street. | |
| 1913 | | First Lutheran Church | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | A 100-year-old time capsule in the First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City opened on 23 April 2013. | |
| 1930 | | Portsmouth Middle School | Portsmouth | New Hampshire | Contents: List of all students' names hand-written by the students. | [14] | News | 12 June 2013 |
| 1931 | | Louisiana State Capitol | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Placed by Governor Huey Long and architect Leon C. Weiss. Rediscovered in 2020 | [15] |
| 1939 | | Flushing Meadows Park | Queens | New York | Westinghouse Time Capsules | |
| 1940 | | Oglethorpe University | Brookhaven | Georgia | Crypt of Civilization. | [16] |
| 1950s | | San Francisco International Airport | San Francisco | California | A time capsule was buried in the 1950s at the San Francisco International Airport. It was lost, and then discovered during construction in the 1970s. It was lost again, and then discovered again in the 1990s, close to the original reopening year of 2000. | |
| 1954 | | Green-Wood Cemetery | Brooklyn | New York | A time capsule placed in a cornerstone in 1954 was found in January 2013. | |
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||YMCA|
Richmond|
Indiana|Time capsule placed in cornerstone of YMCA in 1955.||-|||
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 387 Washington Street|
Dedham|
Massachusetts|Inside the cornerstone of the building, a metal time capsule holds "records and memoranda which describe fully and graphically the town of Dedham as it" existed in 1955.|
[17] |-|1957||Massachusetts Institute of Technology|
Cambridge|
Massachusetts|A glass time capsule buried at MIT in 1957 was accidentally unearthed during construction in 2015. Made to be opened in 2957, its condition was checked and then it was reburied.||-|15 June 1957|||
Tulsa|
Oklahoma|On 15 June 1957, as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of
Oklahoma statehood,
a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere car was sealed in an underground vault in
Tulsa, to be unearthed 50 years later on 14 June 2007 during Oklahoma's centennial celebration. Several items were left in the car's trunk and glove compartment, such as a 5 US gallon can of gasoline intended to start the car, should gasoline not be the fuel of choice for motor vehicles in 2007. A contest also took place, in which the contestant who came the closest to guessing the city population in 2007, would then be awarded the car and $100 in a savings account.||-|25 November 1959 ||First Federal Savings Bank|
Salt Lake City|Utah|
Salt Lake City, 78 S. Main & 100 South: In 2012, a time capsule from 25 November 1959 containing predictions for the year 2000 was found in the outside wall of the former First Federal Savings Bank||-|1967|2017||Titusville|
Florida|City's 100th anniversary, shaped like Gemini space capsule.|
[18] |-|1 August 1969|||
Wayne|
Michigan|On 1 August 1969 Wayne Centennial Time Capsule was placed in Wayne, Michigan and is due to be opened on 1 August 2069.|
[19] |-|1968| and |
Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument|
Amarillo|
Texas|
Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument in
Amarillo,Texas; to be opened in 2068 and 2968, respectively.||-|18 August 1969||
WWNY-TV|
Carthage-
Watertown|
New York|Upon the construction of its offices and studios on 18 August 1969, television station
WWNY-TV in
Carthage-
Watertown, New York sealed a time capsule into the cornerstone of the new building. The time capsule contained, among other items, a film from then-news director Bob Tompkins explaining the contents, a script of the same recording, a program log from the day the cornerstone was laid, and various pictures of downtown Watertown in 1969 (the city's centennial). There was no open date included. The capsule was opened during the 6 PM newscast on 22 October 2019 to celebrate the station's 65th anniversary.||-|1973|||
Alcatraz Island|California|Cement slab. N37° 49.570 W 122° 25.337. |
[20] |-|1975||Brooks Academy|
Harwich |
Massachusetts|In 1975, a time capsule with contents of that year, was buried in front of Brooks Academy in
Harwich, Massachusetts. The time capsule is due to be opened 100 years from the burial date, in the capsule's centennial year of 2075.||-|1 September 1975||Intersection of 7th and Main|
Louisville|
Kentucky|||-|4 July 1976 ||126 Chestnut St.|Philadelphia|
Pennsylvania|On 4 July 1976 the Philadelphia Restaurant and Business Association placed a time capsule to be opened on 4 July 2076, during 300th nation of America's Tri-centennial. It is buried 24 feet deep below a sidewalk at 126 Chestnut St.||-| 4 July 1976||
Grand Opera House|
Macon|
Georgia|A time capsule is located above ground in front of the
Grand Opera House. It was sealed as part of America's
bicentennial celebrations of 1976, and it is to be opened on 4 July 2076, during 300th nation of Tercentennial||-|||
U.S. Treasury Department|
Washington||300th anniversary of the Nation. ||-|1984| (Originally meant to be opened in)|
Danceteria|New York City|
New York|A time capsule was buried in 1984 by patrons of the nightclub
Danceteria. Intended to be opened in 6984 (5,000 years after it was buried), it was instead accidentally uncovered by construction workers in 2017.||-|||Altar of St. John of Damascus Church|
Dedham|
Massachusetts|Contains the contents of the time capsule from their previous church on Museum Road in Boston. Added to this was a copy of the Consecration Service Items from the Sanctuary used during the Consecration.|
[21] |-|1988||
Freedom Plaza|
Washington||Martin Luther King Jr. objects|
[22] |-|1989–1990 school year; –||Oakdale School |
Dedham|
Massachusetts|A time capsule was buried under the playground.||-|23 January 1991||
NASA Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center|
Brook Park|
Ohio|On 23 January 1991 a time capsule was placed in a sculpture at
NASA Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Center's groundbreaking. The capsule is scheduled to be opened on 23 January 2041.||-|30 April 1992||
Nickelodeon Studios|Orlando|
Florida|On 30 April 1992, a time capsule was buried at
Nickelodeon Studios containing items that kids considered important at that time. It was moved to the
Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando in 2005 and later to the
Nickelodeon Animation Studio in 2016, and will be opened on 30 April 2042.||-|25 September 1992||
The Philadelphia Inquirer printing plant|
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania||Buried upon the opening of the plant on 25 September 1992, the time capsule contained that day's editions of
The Philadelphia Inquirer and the
Philadelphia Daily News, a print-out of the then-current staff roster of each newspaper, a Bush-Quayle button for 1992, an audio cassette, a stock certificate from then-publisher
Knight-Ridder Newspapers, a letter to future colleagues written by special projects manager Deborah Khan, a cartoon from
Signe Wilkinson, a
Dick Clark CD compilation, boxes of
Magnum condoms, and a picture of the plant. Originally scheduled to be opened on 25 September 2092, it was released on 26 March 2021 after the current publishers announced that the plant would be closed and that the
Inquirer and
Daily News were to be printed at a plant in
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where the
Gannett Company publishes
the Courier-Post. |
[23] |-|17 July 1995||
Disneyland |
Anaheim|California|||-|14 December 1999||
WBEN|
Buffalo|
New York|On 14 December 1999,
WBEN, a radio station in
Buffalo, New York buried a time capsule named the Millennium Time Capsule on
Niagara Square that's to be opened on 1 January 2100. It uses a tombstone located on the
McKinley Memorial as a marker. It is located at N 42° 53.181 W 078° 52.716.||-|2000||
Livingston Campus, Tillett Hall|
Piscataway|New Jersey |Installed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of
Livingston College.||-||||
Livermore |California|Two time capsules were buried||-|2001||Doubletree Hotel|
Cocoa Beach|
Florida|||-|2003||Freedom Plaza &
José Martí Monument|
Coral Gables|
Florida|Contents: Time capsule containing autobiographical books & letters to future generations from local & natl. community leaders installed on sesquicentennial of
Martí's birth, 28 Jan 2003, to be opened in 50 years in 2053. Soil from
Cuba was incorporated into the interior of the pyramid.||-|2005||Merrick Park|
Coral Gables|
Florida|Contents: VIP letters include Barbara Bush.||-|2010|||
Arlington|
Washington|Installed on the final day of
Trafton School being open after the school board voted to close it due to budget concerns.|
[24] |-|February 2012||
Disney California Adventure|
Anaheim|California|Buried by cast members, it includes souvenirs ||-|February 2012||
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo|
Bridgeport, Connecticut|
Connecticut|Originally a cow statue located at
Wade Dairy. |-|2013||
Perry Hall High School|
Baltimore County|
Maryland|To celebrate the school's 50th anniversary.||-|2013||City Hall|
Cape Canaveral|
Florida|Contents: VIP letters include
John Glenn,
Barbara Eden.|
[25] |-|||Vietnam Memorial|
Englewood|
Florida|Contents: Vietnam Memorabilia.||-|||
Roosevelt Dam|
Globe|
Arizona|100th anniversary of the AZ Roosevelt Dam, replaces a 1961 time capsule.|
[26] |-|2013|||
Newport News|
Virginia|Contents: Navy coins, the aviator wings of the ship’s first commanding officer and sandstone used to build the White House and the U.S. Capitol.|
[27] |-|2014||
Eastern Florida State College|
Cocoa|
Florida||
[28] |-|August 2018||Sea Pines Montessori Academy|
Hilton Head Island|
South Carolina|In August 2018
Sea Pines Montessori Academy buried a time capsule on the occasion of the school's 50th anniversary. It is to be buried in
Harbour Town on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and opened in August 2068.||-|28 May 2023||Statue of William B. Gould|
Dedham|
Massachusetts|Inside the statue of
William B. Gould in
Dedham there is a time capsule, set to be reopened on Memorial Day 2123, and then every 100 years thereafter. It holds more than 30 items, including a
COVID-19 pandemic-era face mask, a list of slang words, and a copy of the Town charter.||-|22 February 2024|Forever|The
Moon|N/A|N/A|On 22 February 2024, the
Arch Mission Foundation landed the
Lunar Library on the Moon, containing the English Wikipedia and other content, with the GLL Lunaprise mission, on the Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission.|
[29] |-|2005|Ongoing|
Dedham High School|
Dedham|
Massachusetts|A display case in the A-wing of Dedham High School contains hundreds of artifacts representing the events and culture of DHS beginning from 1984 to the early 2000s.|
[30] |-|June 14, 1849|Ongoing|
St. Mary's Church|
Newport|Rhode Island||
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Middle East
Kuwait
- In 2019, a time capsule was commissioned by Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research to observe the grand opening of the Shagaya Renewable Energy Park. Generally known as "KISR Time Capsule 2061", the cylindrical canister (approximately 80x45 cm) contains material relevant to the renewable energy project, research activities of the institute, items and publications covering general aspects of the local culture of Kuwait along with various messages and contributions from several sources (including children). It is scheduled to be opened in 2061 when the State of Kuwait celebrates its centenary.
- On 15 December 2013, a time capsule was buried in the garden of the English School, Kuwait to commemorate the school's 60th anniversary. It is to be opened in 2073.
- On 20 December 2005, a time capsule was installed by National Library of Kuwait, and is scheduled to be opened in 2105.[32]
Oceania
Install
Year | Open
Year | Location | width=55% | Notes | Cite |
|---|
| 1896 | | Perth Observatory, Perth, Australia | Contents included X-ray apparatus and X-ray image donated by William John Hancock. | |
| | Northam Railway Institute, Northam, Western Australia | Contents included several copies of the Northam Advertiser newspaper and several coins. No open date. | [33] |
| | Perth Observatory | When the Perth Observatory foundation was laid, the occasion was attended by Sir John Forrest and other notable dignitaries. Several items of importance were placed in a 'leaden box', sealed and deposited in a cavity beneath the foundation stone. The local press reported the event and mentioned here since "Röntgen rays tubes, and a description of the process, together with specimen photographs", donated by X-ray pioneer William John Hancock were included in the cache.This is the first known instance of a time capsule in Western Australia, and in Australia. | |
| | Northam Railway Institute | In celebration of the laying of the foundation stone of the Northam Railway Institute on 28 July 1897, laid by Mrs. Ann Throssell, the wife of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and local MP George Throssell, a bottle containing two copies of the Northam Advertiser newspaper and several coins was laid in a cavity beneath the foundation stone. | |
| | Box Hill, Victoria | Leading up to the Diamond Jubilee of Box Hill, students at schools in the area collected items to be placed into a time capsule to be kept at the Box Hill Town Hall until its opening ceremony in 2027. All participating students received a personal invitation in 1987 to an hour long opening ceremony in 2027 at the town hall, including a certificate number referencing their individual contribution. Box Hill was proclaimed a city in 1927. | |
| 1994 | | Adelaide, South Australia | The Parliament House of South Australia in Adelaide, South Australia features a time capsule celebrating the Centenary of Women's Suffrage in South Australia. Laid in 1994, it is set to be opened in 2094. | |
| 2007 | | Epping Boys High School of Sydney | In celebration of its golden jubilee, Epping Boys High School of Sydney buried a time capsule in the foyer of its library, in 2007, to be unearthed in the centenary year. A previous time capsule was buried in 1982 to celebrate the silver jubilee. | |
| | Cowra, New South Wales | The town of Cowra in central Western New South Wales contained a time capsule which was buried near a sculpture of an eagle in the park not far from the town's information center. The capsule was opened in the year 2000 on an unspecified date, although the sculpture remains, there is no mention of the time capsule once buried there. | |
| 2001 | | Nailsworth Primary School, South Australia | A time capsule is also located at Nailsworth Primary School in South Australia, being planted in 2001 to be opened in 2025, this capsule was planted to replace the 1977 capsule opened the same year. | |
| | Melbourne High school in Victoria | A time capsule is also present on the grounds of Melbourne High school in Victoria. | |
| 11 March 2013 | | Canberra | A time capsule on Canberra's City Hill was unveiled on 11 March 2013 to commemorate the city's centenary. It is to be unsealed in 2113. | |
| | Sunshine Coast | The Sunshine Coast Council concluded its celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Naming of the Sunshine Coast by burying a historic time capsule. The capsule contains a number of reports, documents, and objects from the year previous, and a letter from Mayor Mark Jamieson and 2017 Young Citizen of the Year, Jak Hardy, who was appointed its guardian through to 2067. | | |
Indonesia
- On 1 June 1976, as the construction of Hayam Wuruk Building (Wisma Hayam Wuruk) in Central Jakarta, Jakarta finished, a time capsule was buried in the building's structure. The capsule contains polaroid pictures of the capsule burying ceremony, some coins, and daily newspapers in Jakarta published on that date. The opening date, however, remains unknown.
- At the start of the construction of the Matahari Tower in Lippo Karawaci, Tangerang Regency, Banten in 1994, a time capsule was embedded. It is not known where it was located, what was in it and when it will be opened.
- To commemorate 70th anniversary of Indonesian independence, a time capsule was buried in a square of Merauke town, Merauke Regency, South Papua in 2015, near Mopah International Airport. Inside the capsule are "the dreams and hopes" of Indonesian children for the next 70 years, planned to be opened in 2085. Merauke Time Capsule Monument is built upon the buried capsule, it was inaugurated on 16 November 2018.
Tasmania
- "Earth's Black Box"—a city bus-sized structure with steel walls, battery storage and solar panels located at a remote site in Tasmania—will accumulate and electronically store comprehensive climate research and related data, including land and sea temperature changes, ocean acidification, atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, human population, energy consumption, military spending, and policy changes. The box was conceived to tell future civilizations how humankind created the climate crisis, and how it failed or succeeded to address it.
South America
Install
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| 2010 | | Santiago, Chile | Installed on the Chilean bicentennial, to be opened on the tricentennial. | [34] |
| | Caxias do Sul/RS | On 3 April 1922, a metal box was buried on a yard of the 3rd Anti-Air Artillery Group (3º GAAAe), in Caxias do Sul/RS. The time capsule, containing historical documents such as old newspapers, official Army reports and coins, was restored by the Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS) and given back to the Brazilian Army. The existence and location of the box was discovered 100 years after the burial, when Corporal Glauber Tiago Dal Paz found a reference to it in a book. He was doing a research on the artillery unit's history for the centenary celebrations. | |
| 1969 | | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | - In celebration of their 50th anniversary in 1969, the "Movimento dos Bandeirantes" prepared a 1m high bronze cylinder inside, containing objects, documents, messages and many other information about the Bandeirantes of the time. It was buried inside a granite monument, in front of their headquarters. The time capsule was opened on 13 Aug 2019, during a ceremony with more than 1,000 people from all regions of the country, who came to Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this youth focused movement.
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| 1972 | | National Museum of Brazil | In 1972, in celebration of the 150 years of the Independence of Brazil, a time capsule was installed at the National Museum of Brazil to be opened in 2022. | |
| 30 May 2013 | | Colégio Setor Leste | On 30 May 2013, a group of students of the Colégio Setor Leste, in Brasília/DF, built a time capsule to keep writings of dreams and wishes of employees and alumni of the school, during its 50th anniversary. The box is supposed to be opened 35 years later, in 2048. | |
| | Rio de Janeiro | During the preparations for the 2016 Olympics, a time capsule was unearthed in a construction site, at Rio de Janeiro's docking area. It contained letters from the Brazilian Empire's time. | |
| | Alcântara/MA | A time capsule, with documents from the Brazilian Empire's period, was found in Alcântara/MA. It contained letters from local nobles regarding the Emperor's visit to the city. | |
| 2022 | | National Museum of Brazil | A time capsule with documents related to the National Museum of Brazil was buried near the institution in 2022 to be opened 50 years later. | | |
Chile
- A privately funded time capsule, buried in front of the former city hall of Puerto Montt in October 2010, to be opened by February 2053.
- The Cápsula Bicentenario (Bicentennial Capsule), a publicly funded capsule created to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Chile, was buried on 29 September 2010 at the Plaza de Armas in Santiago. It is set to be opened in 18 September 2110.
Uruguay
- The Monument to Christopher Columbus in Durazno was designed in 1892, the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, and a spherical time capsule was placed on top of the monument. In 1992, the time capsule was opened, and the original artifacts were replaced with new objects to be retrieved in 2092.
Other
In space
In film
- 100 Years, a film shot and produced in 2015 with release scheduled for 18 November 2115. It is being kept in a high-tech safe behind bulletproof glass that will open automatically on the film's premiere.
Internet
Projected
Openings
Dates and times of opening of already opened capsules.
| Date and time of opening | Location | Installation date | Cite |
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| Wall Street, New York City | | |
| Palatka, Florida | | |
| Perth Observatory, Perth, Australia | | |
| Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, Cocoa Beach, Florida | | |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | | |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | | |
| Vulkanny in the Yelizovsky district of Kamchatka | | |
| Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York | | |
| YMCA, Fort Collins, Colorado | | |
| | | |
| Doubletree Hotel, Cocoa Beach, Florida | | |
| Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California | | |
| Loreto Primary School. Rathfarnham | | |
| Shelby, Iowa | | [35] |
| Natick Mall, Natick, Massachusetts | | |
| Ypsilanti, Michigan | | | |
Scheduled openings
Scheduled opening dates and times for already installed capsules.
North America
| Date and time of opening | Location | Installation date | Cite |
|---|
| Oglethorpe University, Brookhaven, Georgia (Crypt of Civilization) | | |
| Flushing Meadow Park, New York (Westinghouse time capsule I) | | |
| Flushing Meadow Park, New York (Westinghouse time capsule II) | | |
| and | Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument, Amarillo, Texas | | |
| American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) Headquarters, Bethesda, Maryland | | |
| Seward | | |
| Public Library Building, Hubbard, Ohio | | |
| Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California | | |
| Goodhue County | | |
| Alcatraz, California | | |
| Life Center, Tampa, Florida | | |
| Santa Fe College, Gainesville, Florida | | |
| Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California | | |
| Disneyland, Anaheim, California | | |
| Cocoa Beach, Florida | | |
| Florida Public Library, Cocoa Beach, Florida | | |
| Merrick Park, Coral Gables, Florida | | |
| City Hall, Cape Canaveral, Florida | | |
| Project Mercury | | |
| In front of Dodge County Court House, Eastman, Georgia | | |
| Goodhue County, Minnesota | | |
| Cocoa Beach, Florida | | |
| Philadelphia | | |
| Cape Canaveral, Florida | Unknown | |
| Liberty Bell Memorial Museum, Melbourne, Florida | Unknown | |
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| Public library, Fort Pierce, Florida | | | |
Asia
Caribbean
Oceania
South America
Europe
Canada
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Book: The Official Record of Time Capsule Expo '70 . 1980 . Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. . Osaka.
- News: VREMENSKA KAPSULA PALACE HOTELA ZAGREB. 13 April 2018. 18 June 2018. journal.hr.
- News: 121-year-old time capsule found at bridge near Kingussie. 26 August 2015. BBC. 26 August 2015.
- News: Otkrili kapsulu: 'Kad se otvori, nek' Hrvati budu složan narod'. They discovered the capsule: 'When it opens, let the Croats be a united nation'. Bogdan Blotnej. 28 November 2013. 24sata. 18 June 2018 . hr.
- Web site: 2015-11-18 . John Malkovich and Robert Rodriguez Have Made A Movie No One Will See For 100 Years . 2023-03-17 . Gizmodo . en.
- Durham Magazine, 17 April 2017
- Web site: 2024-01-22 . The Global Knowledge Vault . 2024-01-22 . The Arch Mission Foundation . en-ie.
- http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/Products/W/WorldsLargestAxe.aspx New Brunswick official tourism site
- News: 104-year-old time capsule found and salvaged during a school demolition project has been opened . April 23, 2024 . April 25, 2024 . Jeff . Stitt . WCVB .
- News: Mall demolition crew finds time capsule in South Carolina . Ben . Hooper . March 22, 2024 . March 26, 2024 . UPI .
- Book: Austin, Walter . Tale of a Dedham Tavern: History of the Norfolk Hotel, Dedham, Massachusetts. 25 June 2021. 1912. Priv. print. at the Riverside Press. 51.
- Web site: Huckleberries . 14 May 2023 .
- News: 1888 Time Capsule Is Found in Wall Street Building; '88 TIME CAPSULE FOUND IN WALLST . 6 July 2022 . The New York Times . 12 July 1957 . subscription.
- Seacoast Online
- Web site: Huey Long's unearthed 1931 time capsule will remain sealed .
- http://www.oglethorpe.edu/about_us/crypt_of_civilization/ Oglethorpe University official web site
- Web site: New England Telephone and Telegraph Building (Verizon) . James . Parr . Dedham Tales . June 24, 2023 . June 24, 2023 .
- http://www.republican-eagle.com/event/article/id/82459 Marking time with time capsules
- http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2J56_Wayne_Centennial_Time_Capsule_Wayne_Michigan
- http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMECJF_Alcatraz_Time_Capsule_San_Francisco_CA Waymarking web site
- Web site: History of St. John of Damascus Church . 13 October 2018 . History of St. John of Damascus Church . Dedham, Massachusetts . 6 July 2020.
- Web site: Jessica. Contrera. 2014-10-03. Under Freedom Plaza (Pennsylvania Avenue between 13 and 14th Streets NW). There are time capsules buried all over D.C.. The Washington Post. In 1988, Western Plaza became Freedom Plaza in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech. Fittingly, a time capsule in his memory was buried underneath it. When it is opened in 2088, historians will find King’s bible, a robe he wore to preach in and audio recordings of some of his speeches.. https://web.archive.org/web/20170329192837/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/10/03/there-are-time-capsules-buried-all-over-d-c/. 29 March 2017. live.
- News: Melamed . Samantha . 26 March 2021 . At the closing Inquirer printing plant, a time capsule opened 71 years early . . 26 March 2024.
- "Arlington Says Goodbye to Trafton School." Arlington Times, 18 June 2010, https://www.arlingtontimes.com/news/arlington-says-goodbye-to-trafton-school/., accessed 3 July 2022.
- Marking time with time capsules, by Ray Osborne, Indian River Journal, 2013 Spring Summer edition
- Web site: Arizona Silver Belt . Arizona Silver Belt Time capsule placed into Roosevelt Dam . Silverbelt.com . 2013-06-26 . 2013-11-08.
- Web site: Brock Vergakis . 11 July 2013 . Time capsule welded into future USS Gerald R. Ford . dead . https://archive.today/20130713030551/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130711/NATION/307110124/1361/Time-capsule-welded-into-future-USS-Gerald-R.-Ford . 13 July 2013 . 3 February 2022 . www.detroitnews.com . AP.
- Web site: EFSC . EFSC Looks Ahead with Time Capsule Burial . Eastern Florida State College . 19 March 2014 . 2014-04-12.
- Web site: updated . Andrew Jones last . 2024-02-22 . Here's what just landed on the moon aboard Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander . 2024-02-23 . Space.com . en.
- News: THE RETURN OF HIDDEN HALLWAYS: TIME STANDS STILL . The Dedham Mirror . Emily . Gallagher . Fiona . McCafferty . Mary . Stronach . Keira . Murphy Clinton. April 5, 2024 . April 5, 2024 .
- News: The establishment of St. Mary Church in Newport, R.I. . Thomas . Lester . June 14, 2024 . . 195 . 24 .
- Web site: كونا :: وزير الاعلام يؤكد اهتمام الدولة بتحديث منشاتها الثقافية 20/12/2005 .
- The Northam Advertiser: Western Australia, Saturday 31 July 1897, page 3
- News: Cápsula Bicentenario quedó enterrada por un siglo en Plaza de Armas. Bicentennial Capsule was buried for one century in Plaza de Armas. 20 December 2016. Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos. 29 September 2010. Santiago. es.
- Web site: Postponed a year, Shelby's 150th Sesquicentennial planned for June 26–27 Harlan Newspapers . 2023-07-12 . www.harlanonline.com.
