List of time capsules

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This is a list of time capsules. The International Time Capsule Society estimates there are between 10,000 and 15,000 time capsules worldwide.^[1]

By country

Australia

On 29 September 1896, 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.^[2] This is the first known instance of a time capsule in Western Australia, and in Australia.

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. 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. [Source unavailable]. 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.^[3] A time capsule is also present on the grounds of Melbourne High school in Victoria.

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.^[4]

Canada

• Inside The World's Largest Axe in Nackawic, New Brunswick
• 6 Feet Underground Chinook Centre in Calgary, Alberta
• 1234 Main Street, Moncton, New Brunswick
• Inside Joseph Salter memorial, Main Street, Moncton, New Brunswick

India

• Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar containing history of Indian state of Gujarat marking golden jubilee of its foundation.^[5]

Israel

• A time capsule was installed under Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv at 30 December, 1999. It is scheduled to be opened 100 years later.

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 is scheduled to be opened in November 2017.^[6]

Russia

• In 2012 a time capsule dating from July 15, 1979 was found in Vulkanny (Yelizovsky District, Kamchatka peninsula) under a statue of Lenin. It contained messages to the "socialist society in 2024."^[7]

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.^[8]
• A time capsule was buried in Motril, Granada. It will be opened on July 22, 2023 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the cantonal movement.^[9]

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.|^[10]
• Macclesfield, Cheshire: in April 2010 an urn container from 1876 was found under a granite slab in the United Reformed Church. The content (newspapers and photographs) was perfectly preserved.^[11]
• The children's television show Blue Peter have buried several time capsules during the programme's run. Ones buried in London in 1971 and 1984 were opened in January 2000. A third was then buried to be opened in 2029, which 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.^[12]

United States

• Time Capsule in ghost town, 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.^[13][14]
• Crypt of Civilization in Atlanta, Georgia^[15]
• Westinghouse Time Capsules in New York City^[16]
• Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument in Amarillo, Texas
• Disneyland 40th Anniversary Time Capsule in Anaheim, California; to open in July 2035
• Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY: a time capsule placed in a cornerstone in 1954 was found in January 2013^[17]
• Salt Lake City, 78 S. Main & 100 South: In 2012 a time capsule from Nov. 25, 1959 containing predictions for the year 2000 was found in the outside wall of the former First Federal Savings Bank^[18]
• Fort Collins, Colorado: In January 2013 a time capsule dated June 6, 1907 was found in a cornerstone of the building at 140 Oak Street^[19]
• Merrick Park Time Capsule in Coral Gables, Florida
• A 100-year-old time capsule in the First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City opened on April 23, 2013, http://www.okhistory.org/centurychest/ and, http://newsok.com/a/q/3791091 .
• Detroit Century Box in Detroit, Michigan, containing 56 letters from prominent citizens, sealed at midnight on December 31, 1900 and opened on December 31, 2000^[20][21]
• In 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 will be opened in 2042.^[22]
• Time capsule in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
• Time capsule encased in cement at the entrance of the Miami Dade County Courthouse, 73 W. Flagler, St., Miami, Florida. To be opened on Sept. 17, 2087.
• 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. Being 219 years old, it is the oldest time capsule to be discovered in the United States.^[23]
• On January 14, 2000 Livermore California buried two time capsules. Information at http://www.lhg.org/time. One capsule may have been reburied from a previous burial.
• Time capsule at St. Joseph School in Mendham, NJ.
• The largest time capsule in the world is located in Seward, Nebraska. Over 5000 items a bomb and car. The capsule is 45 tons..

In space

• Apollo 11 goodwill messages, on the Moon
• Immortality Drive, in the International Space Station

Projected

• KEO
• Lansing Time Capsule
• The Ozymandias Project, a deep time capsule .

Timeline

Openings

Dates of opening of already opened capsules.

Date	Location	Installation date	Cite
1957	Wall Street, New York City	1888
1966	Palatka, Florida	26 June 1905
1996	Perth Observatory, Perth, Australia	30 September 1896	[24]
February 2012	Salt Lake City, Utah	1959	[25]
July 2012	Vulkanny in the Yelizovsky district of Kamchatka	1979	[26]
January 2013	Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY	1954	[17]
11 January 2013	Fort Collins, Colorado YMCA	6 June 1907	[27]
22 April 2013	First Lutheran Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	22 April 1913	[28]
February, 2015	Cocoa Beach, Florida, Doubletree Hotel	2001

Scheduled openings

Scheduled opening dates for already installed capsules.

Date	Location	Installation date	Cite
July 2018	Santa Clara, California	2003
22 March 2022	Tequesta, Florida	2012
2026	Hubbard, Ohio, Public Library Building	1976
13 July 2037	Goodhue County, Minnesota	2012
13 July 2037	Alcatraz, California	1973
July 2037	Life Center, Tampa, Florida	2012
August, 2045	Cocoa Beach, Florida	2009
27 September 2048	Cocoa Beach, Florida Public Library	1998
January 2055	Merrick Park, Coral Gables, Florida	2005
December 2062	Bacardi corporate headquarters, Hamilton, Bermuda	2012	[29]
16 May 2063	City Hall, Cape Canaveral, Florida	2013	[30]
2064	Project Mercury	1964
May 3–9, 2070	In front of Douglas County Court House, Eastman, Georgia	1970	[31]
3 March 2073	Goodhue County, Minnesota	2012
July 2075	Cocoa Beach, Florida	?
March 2077	Cape Canaveral, Florida	?
2092	Liberty Bell Museum, Melbourne, Florida	?
2094	Denver, Colorado, Denver International Airport	March 19, 1994
2 February 2101	Fort Pierce, Florida public library	2001
November 27, 2112	American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) Headquarters, Bethesda, Maryland	November 27, 2012	[32]
13 December 2112	Bacardi corporate headquarters, Hamilton, Bermuda	13 December 2012	[29]
2968	Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument Amarillo, Texas	Built in 1968
31 December 2999	Chinook Centre Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Sealed in 2000
6939	Flushing Meadow Park	1939 (Westinghouse Time Capsules)
8113	Oglethorpe University, Brookhaven, Georgia	1940 (Crypt of Civilization)	[15]

See also

• 30th Century

References

1. "Oglethorpe University - International Time Capsule Society". Retrieved 2008-07-01.
2. Editor. (30 September 1896). The Perth Observatory. Laying the Foundation Stone. The West Australian. Perth. Western Australia. Page 2.
3. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AUS-SAGEN/2001-10/1004350483
4. "Bacardi Celebrates Culmination Of Its Milestone 150th Anniversary With Time Capsule To Be Opened In 50 Years". 2012-12-13. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
5. "State’s time capsule to be installed at Mahatma Mandir today". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. June 7, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
6. Aktau: Years, people, memories... Ogni.kz on 13 October 2011
7. "Time capsule found under the statue of Lenin in Moscow". 2012-07-25. Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
8. "Abierta la cápsula del tiempo en MSN Vídeo". Video.es.msn.com. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
9. Publicado por MD. "motril digital: Motril albergará la segunda cápsula del tiempo existente en España". Motrildigital.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
10. "121-year-old time capsule found at bridge near Kingussie". BBC. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
11. "Time capsule dating back to 1876 discovered buried underneath church memorial". 2010-04-29. Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
12. Rennison, Nick (2006). The Book Of Lists, London. Canongate. p. 277.
13. "Centralia PA Time Capsule opened early". www.centraliapa.org. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
14. Krajick, Krajick. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/fire-in-the-hole-77895126/?no-ist=. Missing or empty |title= (help)
15. http://www.oglethorpe.edu/about_us/crypt_of_civilization/|Oglethorpe University official web site, retrieved 5 May 2013
16. Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, The Story of Westinghouse Time Capsule of cupaloy (1939)
17. "Time Capsule Discovered". 2013-01-22. Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
18. "Forgotten time capsule discovered". 2012-03-05. Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
19. "Time capsule provides glimpse into Fort Collins' past". 2010-04-29. Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
20. Andrea Cecil, "100-year-old time capsule opened in Detroit" Republished from the Kalamazoo Gazette (January 2, 2001). Retrieved August 13, 2013
21. "Future Friday: Century Box Prophecies" Detroit Historical Society. Retrieved August 13, 2013
22. http://mentalfloss.com/article/31016/every-item-inside-time-capsule-nickelodeon-buried-1992
23. http://www.businessinsider.com/boston-unearthing-paul-revere-time-capsule-from-1795-2014-12
24. Editor. (30 September 1896). The Perth Observatory. Laying the Foundation Stone. The West Australian. Perth. Western Australia. Page 2.
25. Forgotten time capsule discovered, by Hunter Schwartz, Deseret News, 5 March 2012
26. Time Capsule Found Under Lenin Statue, Moscow TImes, 20 July 2012
27. Time Capsule Provides Glimpse into Fort Collins' Past, by Pat Ferrier, Coloradan.com,11 January 2013
28. A century-old time capsule is opened in an OKC church; by Rachael Cervenka, Oklahoma Gazette News, 22 April 2013
29. http://archive.is/gn6aD|Press Releas Bacardi celebrates culmination of its milestone 150th anniversary with time capsule to be opened in 50 years 13 December 2012
30. Cape Canaveral time capsule filling up fast, by Rick Neale, FLorida Today, 3 May 2013
31. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dodge_County_Centennial_Time_Capsule.JPG
32. APMA

External links

• Ten most-wanted time capsules, Ogelthorpe University
• Link to ref. 7 above