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hi everyone,

I think it is a brilliant idea to have a time capsule .I can't imagine What life would be like in 200 year's time.why should we use time capsule if you can find online?

firstly, i would put a family photo.

Another item i would put in is a vape. because vape is no more.

prachi

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I decided to put a rugby ball in my time capsule because it's important to me. I grew up with this sport and this object is symbolic for me. From the age of 4; I started this sport and since then I haven't never stopped. Rugby is more than a passion, he is a part of my family. I hope I still played later.

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Examples of Time Capsule Containers. Choose the container you want, but customize the best you can!! :-)

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I have always loved the concept of time capsules and even made one when I was a kid out of a shoebox and buried it in my backyard. My interest was stirred again when I recently read about a small time capsule that was opened not far from where I live. So I thought it might be interesting to research some of the larger and more famous ones for a list. The term "time capsule" wasn't around until 1937 and its original purpose was to communicate with people in the future at a particular time or date. Over the years the term is now used to describe "unintentional discoveries" such as objects from archaeological digs or items found in the cornerstones of buildings with no exact dates when they should be opened. (I guess this would also apply to my buried shoebox). This list includes only "intentional discoveries" meaning time capsules with definite dates or a time period when they should be opened.

This is a very small time capsule compared to the others but I wanted to include it because it inspired the list. The 50 year old newspaper clipping above describes a silver-plated lead capsule containing 35-mm films. The capsule was placed in the Magnolia Boulevard Bridge in Burbank California when it was built in 1959 and was to be opened 50 years later. City officials didn't know the capsule was due to be opened until a local historian came across the 1959 newspaper article a few weeks earlier. Workers removed the bridge dedication plaque and noticed a dark patch of concrete and then freed the capsule. The capsule contained 47 photos of the city as well as some predictions of what life would be like in Burbank in 2009.

Interesting Fact: One of the predictions was that people would be making "short-haul" flights in "vertical take-off" crafts. You can see the 50 year old pictures and read the rest of the predictions here.

The Yahoo! Time Capsule is a time capsule project where users contribute to a digital legacy of how life was in 2006. At the time of the closing of the capsule on November 8, 2006 the capsules total number of submissions was 170,857. The highest number of contributions, (32,910) came from the 20-29 age group. The digital collection of submissions was entrusted to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings based in Washington D.C. where it will remain until Yahoo!'s 25th Birthday in 2020. The Time Capsule hopes to capture the thoughts and feelings of the world in 2006 as an exercise in electronic or digital anthropology.

Interesting Fact: It is thought that the capsule represents one of the largest compilations of digital media of its kind in the world. You can learn more about the Yahoo Time Capsule here.

In 1963 a time capsule was made commemorating the fifth anniversary of the General Dynamics Astronautics facility in San Diego, California. It was to be opened 100 years later in 2063. Among the items in the capsule was a booklet called 2063 A.D. The booklet contains predictions by scientists, politicians, astronauts and military commanders about the state of space exploration in the year 2063. It is believed that only 200 copies were printed. Unfortunately in the late 1990s the building was torn down and the time capsule was destroyed. Fortunately a few remaining copies of 2063 A.D. sill existed and were able to be reproduced.

Interesting Fact: Here are a few of the interesting predictions: John Glenn, astronaut: "We will have discovered natural resources we did not know existed in the year 1963 and (discovered) an anti-gravity system."

William Pickering, astronomer: "There will be travel at relativistic (light-speed) velocities to the nearby stars."

Fred Whipple, astronomer: "The control of fusion in 1977 and the use of ordinary hydrogen in 1995 led soon to a comparatively infinite supply at relatively low cost."

You can read the entire booklet here.

On Christmas Eve 1907 a group of men gathered beneath the Paris Opera and carefully wrapped two lead and iron containers containing 24 recorded discs. Each were sealed and locked in a small storage room with a note that read "This will teach men 100 years from now about the state of our talking machines and the voices of the principal singers of our times" In 1912 two more urns were added to the archive plus a hand-cranked gramophone and instructions on how to use it. The project was the idea of Alfred Clark who was the founder and president of EMI's ancestor, the International Gramophone Company. In 1989, during the installation of air-conditioning it was discovered that the archive had been broken open and one of the 1912 urns was empty and the gramophone was missing. The remainder of the archive was immediately transferred to the National Library of France in Parris. At the end of 2007 the archive was opened. Apart from those missing, the discs were undamaged. It was decided that the records should remain un-played to avoid physical contact with the discs. Since precise details of which discs were in the archive were documented, copies of the same discs available from other archives were used to be digitized.

I just wanted to add that the fact that they didn't play the actual records and used existing copies, in my opinion kind of takes the romance out of the whole thing.

Interesting Fact: Some were not impressed with the old masters. François Le Roux, a Paris Opera baritone and teacher, said that the old techniques grated on modern professional ears. He also said most of them would not get past the quarter-finals in a contest nowadays. [JFrater: In contrast to Le Roux's opinion, when I was studying opera I was very interested in the great voices of the past and frequently listened to the singers. Their technique was very different to now and often not as polished, but they were masters of emotional performance which is the most important aspect of performance singing in my opinion. Considering that some of these great recordings are of people who performed in the premieres of works by Puccini etc, we have much to gain by studying them.] The recordings of the Paris Opera Vaults were release earlier this year. You can judge for yourself and listen to several of the recordings here.

This time capsule buried in Seward, Nebraska claims to be the largest in the world and is the work of Harold Keith Davisson who was a local celebrity, store owner, and town character. Davisson was not that concerned with the far-distant future but was mostly thinking about his grandkids and to show them what his life was like in 1975. He also wanted his time capsule to be the biggest one in the world. The 45-ton vault was buried and sealed in 1975 on the front lawn of his home furnishings and appliances store. According to his daughter the time capsule has an eclectic assortment of 5,000 items, including a pair of bikini panties, a man's leisure suit and a brand-new Chevy Vega, (the cheapest car he could find). The capsule will be opened on July 4, 2025.

Interesting Fact: To keep up with larger time capsules Davisson built a second time capsule, in 1983 directly over the first one so there would be no question as to whose time capsule was the largest in the world. In the second time capsule Davisson entombed another car, a beat-up 1975 Datsun or Toyota (no one can remember which) to show what society does to a car in ten years. Davisson died in 1999 at the age of 91.

In 1968 four time capsules were sealed in Amarillo Texas commemorating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of helium. Amarillo has been the center of activities related to helium since the government purchased the helium-rich Cliffside Gas Field in 1927. The time columns were filled with books, documents, and various artifacts that will tell future generations about life in 1968. The caps are welded on and the contents sealed in a helium atmosphere. Each time column will be opened after durations of 25, 50, 100, and 1000 years. The first time column was opened in 1993 and signifies man's dependence on natural resources. The 50-year capsule symbolizes industry and its use of natural resources. The 100-year capsule represents science and its development of natural resources. The 1,000-year capsule represents history and human efforts toward conservation.

Interesting Fact: One of the items in the 1000 year column is a passbook for a $10 savings account from an Oklahoma City bank, which draws 4 percent interest compounded annually until 2968. When the 1,000-year Column is opened the account will be worth over $1,000,000,000,000,000 ($1 quadrillion)

In 1968 two Japanese companies, Panasonic Corporation and The Mainichi Newspapers, agreed to undertake a joint time capsule project in celebration of the Japan World Exposition 1970. Two time capsules identical in every detail were buried adjacent to Osaka Castle. The lower capsule will remain buried for 5,000 years. The upper capsule (A control capsule) was opened in 2000 to examine the condition of its contents. After undergoing laboratory testing it was reburied and will be opened every 100 years thereafter so that the latest preservation techniques can be used to ensure their safekeeping. The 2,090 items in the capsule were chosen by a team of scientists, engineers, and historians that reflected everyday life in 1970. Other items include a silk condom, false teeth, a glass eye, insects encased in resin, an origami instruction book, handcuffs and counterfeit money.

Interesting Fact: A contest was held among Japanese schoolchildren to write a letter addressed To the People living 5,000 from now. The winner was a fourth grader from Tokyo who wrote: "How are you, people of 5,000 years from now? I wish I could live again in your age but I am quite happy now. I have kind parents and also a sister with whom I quarrel with once in a while. We must do our best until the next age takes over. Goodbye from 5,000 years in the past."

The Westinghouse Time Capsules are two time capsules prepared by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. The first was created to promote the 1939 New York World's Fair and the second for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Both are buried at the site of the fairs 50 feet below in Flushing Meadows Park. The Capsules are constructed from an alloy made of tempered copper, chromium and silver called Cupaloy. The two capsules are to be opened at the same time in 6939 AD, five thousand years after the first capsule was sealed. The 1939 contents were divided into five basic areas: small articles of common use, textiles and materials, miscellaneous items, essay on microfilm and newsreels. The 1965 capsule five areas include articles of common use, atomic energy, scientific developments, space and other.

Interesting Facts: The 1939 Capsule also contains a message from Albert Einstein which reads: Our time is rich in inventive minds, the inventions of which could facilitate our lives considerably. We are crossing the seas by power and utilize power also in order to relieve humanity from all tiring muscular work. We have learned to fly and we are able to send messages and news without any difficulty over the entire world through electric waves. However, the production and distribution of commodities is entirely unorganized so that everybody must live in fear of being eliminated from the economic cycle, in this way suffering for the want of everything. Further more, people living in different countries kill each other at irregular time intervals, so that also for this reason any one who thinks about the future must live in fear and terror. This is due to the fact that the intelligence and character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce some thing valuable for the community. I trust that posterity will read these statements with a feeling of proud and justified superiority. You can see a complete list of all the contents of the 1939 and 1964 capsules here.

KEO is the name of a proposed space time capsule that will be launched in 2010 or 2011. There have been previous spacecrafts carrying time capsules of earth's existence sent into space but what makes the KEO Satellite different is it will be designed to return back to earth 50,000 years later. The KEO project was conceived in 1994 by French artist-scientist Jean-Marc Philippe. If this ambitious project is realized the KEO will carry a drop of human blood chosen at random encased in a diamond, samples of air, sea water and earth and the DNA of the human genome. The satellite will also carry an astronomical clock, photographs of people of all cultures and an encyclopedia of current human knowledge.

Interesting Fact: The Satellites name is supposed to represent the three most frequently used sounds common to the most widely spoken languages today, K, E and O. Also, every person is invited to write a message addressed to the future inhabitants. The deadline is December 31, 2009. Messages can be posted here.

This is at the number one spot because the Crypt of Civilization is considered by many as the first modern time capsule even though it wasn't called a time capsule at the time. It helped inspire both the name as well as the Westinghouse Time Capsules. In 1940 in the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, a stainless steel vault door was welded shut. Behind the door is a 20′ x 10′ waterproofed room containing a collection of once-modern day artifacts placed there by men and women from the years 1937 to 1940.The whole concept was thought up in 1936 by the former president of the University Dr. Thornwell Jacobs. While teaching and researching ancient history Jacobs was struck by the lack of information on ancient civilizations. He thought for those who might study our civilization in the future they would have to have accurate and full records. Because the first known date in recorded history, 4241 B.C. (6177 years previous) Jacobs suggested that the Crypt be sealed until 6177 plus the years that have passed - thus setting the year for the Crypt's reopening at 8113.

Interesting Fact: The sensitive items in the crypt were sealed with stainless steel receptacles with glass linings. Before they were sealed, all of the air was removed from the containers and replaced with nitrogen to prevent oxidation of the contents. You can see an inventory of items in the Crypt here.

You can't have a time capsule list and not include this one! In 1957 a large concrete vault was sealed at the Tulsa County Courthouse to be opened in 2007 to celebrate Oklahoma's Centennial as a state. The organizers of the event thought it would be a really cool idea to burry a brand new Plymouth Belvedere because it "exemplified an advanced product of American industrial ingenuity with the kind of lasting appeal that will still be in style 50 years from now". Items buried with the car included jugs of leaded gasoline, a change of oil and a case of Schlitz beer. The automobile was to be awarded to the person who guessed nearest to the city's 2007 population. If he or she was not living, the award would go to the heirs, along with the proceeds from a $100 trust fund. The guesses were put on microfilm and sealed in a steel capsule. Unfortunately when it was opened it was obvious that during the 50 years the vault had sprung a leak. The car was found in four feet of water almost completely rusted with rotting upholstery and most of its contents ruined. You can see a picture of the car here.

Interesting Fact: The person that was closest to the 2007 population and the winner of the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere was Raymond E. Humbertson. He guessed 384,743 and was off by 2,286 people, as the population of Tulsa in 2007 was 382,457. Unfortunately Humbertson died in 1979 and his wife also passed away in 1988. His closest living relatives are his two elderly sisters who will take ownership of the prize. You can watch a great clip of the car and vault being prepared 50 years ago here.

I also wanted to mention there were plans to restore the car (Mss. Belvedere). A web site was even set up to keep everyone posted on her progress but there have been no updates for some time. Attempts to contact the company doing the restoration have also been unsuccessful. Maybe a Listverser from Tulsa or anywhere else can help us out with an update.

Jamie is the owner and chief-editor of Listverse. He spends his time working on the site, doing research for new lists, and collecting oddities. He is fascinated with all things historic, creepy, and bizarre.

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The secrets of Andy Warhol's time capsules

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Thirty years ago, Pop-Art's bad boy, Andy Warhol, consigned 300,000 of his everyday possessions to sealed cardboard boxes. Now, as the final boxes are opened for the first time, what do they tell us about the man who turned Campbell's soup tins into art?

It's a stuffy summer evening on Pittsburgh's unfashionable North Shore. Cars jam the freeway, thanks to endless repairs to the crumbling flyovers. This famous old US industrial city is showing its age.

But in the shadow of the highway spaghetti lies another world - the ultra-cool converted warehouse that houses The Warhol. Seven floors devoted to Pittsburgh's most illustrious artist-son, Andy Warhol, master of gaudily-coloured multiple Marilyn Monroes, Elvis Presleys and cans of soup.

Here, at The Warhol, splendour reigns - museum-perfection. Air-conditioned to a nicety, slate-grey floors, gleaming gift-shop, walls papered with multiple images of pink Warholian cows.

And in the luxuriously appointed studio theatre, a buzz of expectation.

The place is full to bursting with fans, acolytes and casual drop-ins. Everyone has paid their $10 (£6) for the privilege of seeing inside the humdrum cardboard box that sits, very alone, on a table on stage.

Because this, as a hand-scrawled label announces, is TC 528. It's the last-but-one of 610 mystery parcels or Time Capsules that Andy Warhol sealed up over the course of the last 13 years of his life. They contain hundreds of thousands of objects, artefacts as the curators know them - a Work of Art, according to Warhol.

Or rubbish, as you and I would doubtless consider them. Because the 608 Time Capsules that have already divulged their contents and are in the process of being catalogued and preserved by The Warhol's staff include everything from flyers from galleries, junk-mail, fan-letters, gallery-invitation cards, unopened letters, solicitations for work, freebie LPs, a lump of concrete, eccentric pornographic assemblages by Warhol's friends and associates, thousands of used postage stamps that the artist tore from envelopes, packets of sweets and - inevitably - unopened Campbell's soup tins, by now rotting and hard to preserve.

And then, in the really unsavoury corner, toenail clippings, dead ants, a mummified foot and used condoms.

But there are also strips of photobooth photographs that Warhol took to create his celebrated portraits and some original completed pieces by him that, for whatever reason, he chose not to exhibit.

"It's a selection," says Benjamin Liu, who was personal assistant to Warhol and who's here tonight for the unveiling of TC 528.

"All the times I was helping him packing and sealing them, it's not like he'd just throw stuff in. It was, like, this goes here, this goes there. The Time Capsule is also a source-material for a lot of his work. Even the personal stuff that people sent to him, he might look at it and go: 'Maybe that could be so-and-so'."

On stage tonight at The Warhol, the audience - and Benjamin Liu - are watching carefully as the first objects are lifted, like some priceless golden treasure from an Egyptian tomb, by the blue-latex-gloved hands of chief cataloguer Erin Byrne.

There's something more than faintly absurd in the fact that what she's holding is no gilded helmet or obsidian amulet, but a pile of Christmas wrapping paper, a greetings card from Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall and - to his surprise and the audience's hooted amusement - a metallic belt buckle ("very camp!" whispered one spectator to me) that had been sent to Andy by a certain Benjamin Liu, standing onstage tonight. Sent, that was, of course, as a Warhol fan, long before he had had his 15 minutes of fame as part of the Warhol menage.

"There is an element of surrealist about Warhol. These odd, disparate objects put together have a kind of curious poetry," says British art historian Tim Marlow.

"But he is an archivist and a collector and someone who understands 'product' and is fascinated by it, and these are assemblages of that. And they're still-lives as well."

In the 1950s Warhol earned a living as a commercial graphic artist, which may be one reason why he is fascinated with mass-produced images and goods - and why advertising, packaging, and things drawn from the surface of everyday life became the warp and weft of his creative work. As history knows, those cans of soup, the multiple Elvises and Marilyns are his Pop-Art trademark.

"I think with Warhol, broadly, the joke's on us," says Marlow. "The joke's on our culture, but we're complicit in that. We are not being laughed at - we join in the laughter."

Another perspective comes from the late Malcolm McLaren, an ardent fan. According to him, "Andy's adage was, 'I can simply be an artist without doing any art: I am the art.'"

But above all, says Marlow, the Time Capsules - started long after Warhol nearly perished when, in 1968, one of the peripheral figures from The Factory took a potshot at him - are essentially about death. "He said, 'Everything I do is concerned with death,' and I think the 'celebratory' portraits (of Marilyn, Elvis etc) deal with death, and so do the Time Capsules."

You can hear an echo of this too when, in 1981, Warhol was asked whether he minded getting older. "Oh no," he said, "I'm old. They call me 'granny'. They say I'm old. They're just mean!" He was 53.

In The Warhol's theatre, the blue-gloved archivists have done their stuff. The contents of TC 528 lie strewn across the examination tables on stage.

What does it all amount to? So much rubbish - greeting cards, business cards, an ashtray lifted from a fashionable restaurant, a photograph of Elvis Presley, Christmas wrapping paper and ribbon, a "do-not-disturb" sign from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Yet Warhol - ahead of his time in so many ways - selected these objects with care, chose to give them their own 15 minutes of fame. Not for nothing was one of his most celebrated films entitled Trash.

And clearly someone thinks they have inherent value. He or she has just paid the astonishing sum of $30,000 (£19,000) to be the one to open the very last Time Capsule of all.
Listen to Andy Warhol: Time Regained on Thursday 11 September at 09:00 BST and 21:30 BST on BBC Radio 4 or catch up on Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox. iPlayer

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Thirty years ago, Pop-Art's bad boy, Andy Warhol, consigned 300,000 of his everyday possessions to sealed cardboard boxes. Now, as the final boxes are opened for the first time, what do they tell us about the man who turned Campbell's soup tins into art? It's a stuffy summer evening on Pittsburgh's unfashionable North Shore.

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113-year-old time capsule found in Boston in 2014

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According to the Bostonian Society, which maintains the 1713-built Old Massachusetts State House, the rectangular copper box containing a variety of artifacts from 1901 was sealed inside one of two iconic statues -- a lion and a unicorn -- that have been a familiar site atop the Old State House for a couple of centuries.

The Bostonian Society didn't -- or couldn't -- fully divulge the 113-year-old time capsule's contents, explaining that "the process of extracting documents that are old and probably fragile will need to be slow and careful." But a Boston Globe article from February 24, 1901, detailed what went into the box, which the story predicted would "prove interesting when the box is opened many years hence."

According to the Globe, the box included the photographs and autographs of local statesmen such as Massachusetts Gov. Winthrop M. Crane and Boston Mayor Thomas Norton Hart, as well as news clippings of the day from several city newspapers and even a "letter to posterity from the reporters of the Boston Daily newspapers assigned to City Hall."

It also included a photograph of the "5th Massachusetts Regiment on its way to Framingham to be mustered in as U.S. volunteers for service in the war against Spain," as well as "campaign buttons for McKinley, Roosevelt and John D. Long for vice president."

The box was sealed inside the lion's head by Samuel Rogers, a local coppersmith who was part of the crew renovating the nearly 200-year-old State House. Although the occasion was detailed in the city's largest newspaper, the Bostonian Society said its current staff was unaware of the time capsule until they received a letter from a descendent of Rogers alerting them to it.

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According to the Bostonian Society, which maintains the 1713-built Old Massachusetts State House, the rectangular copper box containing a variety of artifacts from 1901 was sealed inside one of two iconic statues -- a lion and a unicorn -- that have been a familiar site atop the Old State House for a couple of centuries.

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A list of Time capsule waiting to be unearthed!

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A list of Time capsule waiting to be unearthed!

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I love time capsules. But more often than not, they're extremely boring. Most American time capsules from the 19th and 20th centuries contain a Bible, some stamps, a few coins and plenty of newspapers. Some throw in an American flag for good measure. But every once in a while there's something fascinating inside - something that makes you feel like you're not wasting everybody's time going through the pageantry of unearthing these incredibly low-tech time machines.

I first became interested in time capsules when I discovered that they often contain predictions about what life will be like when they're opened, but even when they don't have predictions for the world of the future, time capsules can still offer a fascinating peek into how past generations lived and how they wanted to be remembered.

Following is a list of some of my favorite time capsules that (as far as we know) are still sitting in cornerstones, hiding in vaults or buried underground.
George Lucas Time Capsule

Buried at Skywalker Ranch circa 1997.

Lucas says he doesn't even know all of the things that are inside, but years ago he told that it contains "a lot of artifacts from Star Wars and from the company."

University of Pennsylvania

Buried 1940, scheduled to be opened in 2040.

The time capsule itself weighs 450-pounds and contains a speech that President Franklin D. Roosevelt made at the school. While it's unclear what else might be in there, weighing in at 450 pounds one hopes it could be a cryogenically frozen President Roosevelt himself.

Billings, Montana Campfire Girls Adventure Group Troop 23

Buried 1976, scheduled to be opened in 2076 (America's Tricentennial).

Contains a "Princess" telephone, digital watch, box of bullets, tapes of music and news programs, and Bicentennial stamps with a 1976 postmark.

Bunker Hill, Los Angeles

Buried 1961, and was supposed to be opened May 9, 2011 though I've found no record that anyone has bothered to dig it up.

Contains antique telephone equipment like transistors, solar batteries, and operator's headsets.

National Millennium Time Capsule in Washington, D.C.

Buried in 2000, scheduled to be opened in 2100.

The time capsule includes important objects from history, including a piece of the Berlin Wall, a Hostess Twinkie, a helmet from World War II, a cellphone, and Louis Armstrong's trumpet.

English High School, Boston

Buried in 1970, but has no scheduled opening.

The time capsule is said to contain hockey legend Bobby Orr's sweatshirt, but the other items remain unknown.

Crystal Lake, Illinois

Sealed in 1976 and planned to be opened in 2076.

Contains a $1,000 government bond.

Buried in 1988 at the Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. and scheduled to be unearthed in the year 2088.

The capsule contains some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s personal possessions along with audio cassettes people of the 1980s recorded.

Bell County Kentucky Time Capsule

Sealed August 19, 1967, instructed to be opened August 19, 2017.

Said to contain more than 240 items, including tape recordings from the era.

Los Angeles Bicentennial Time Capsule

Buried 1976 and scheduled for a 2076 opening.

This time capsule couldn't be more 1970s L.A. if it tried. The capsule contains a dress worn by Cher, a pet rock, a skateboard, and the Laker's Jerry West's No. 44 basketball jersey among other memorabilia. The capsule itself is a propellant tank designed for the Mariner 9 mission to Mars.

Pershing Square underground garage (Los Angeles)

Assembled 1951, with a scheduled opening of 2951.

It's not clear what's in the time capsule, but given that it's 225 pounds and built to last 1,000 years, it could be good.

Steve Jobs Time Capsule (Update: They found the Steve Jobs Capsule!) Martin Luther King Jr. Time Capsule Great Bend, Kansas Centennial Capsule

Buried 1972, opening date not scheduled.

Contains audio tapes, a $1,000 check, and things that people of Great Bend threw in haphazardly from their pockets. It was a minor scandal in the town that people didn't prepare more by bringing things that had some value (sentimental or otherwise) to the time capsule burial. But the impromptu assembly and largely unknown contents makes this one a capsule I've always wanted to uncover.

Prudential Insurance Company, Los Angeles

Sealed in a cornerstone in 1948, scheduled to be opened 2021.

Contains microfilm and other items unknown. The cornerstone was made out of a two-ton piece of the Rock of Gibraltar, presented to the company by the British government.

Drake Well, Pennsylvania

Buried in front of "Today Show" cameras in 1959, this time capsule was supposed to be opened in 2000 but remains lost as far as I can tell.

This time capsule contains seeds from 33 states, a film (probably 16mm) by the National Petroleum Institute, and a letter from President Eisenhower.

Seward, Nebraska "World's Largest Time Capsule"

Sealed in 1975, supposed to be opened July 4, 2025.

This time capsule is a 45-ton vault which includes a Chevy Vega car, clothing from the 1970s and over 5,000 other items.

Crypt of Civilization, Oglethorpe University

Sealed 1940, and supposed to be opened in 8113.

Includes contributions from high profile people and groups including the King of Sweden and the Kodak company. The crypt includes many books, an original movie script of Gone With The Wind, seeds, typewriter, a sewing machine, and some other high-tech gadgets of the day like two TV receivers.

Westinghouse 1939 Time Capsule

Sealed at the 1939 New York World's Fair, and is supposed to be opened in 6939.

The time capsule contains microfilm, newsreels, seeds and fabrics.

3,000 copies of a book documenting the time capsule were distributed to museums and libraries around the world.

Westinghouse 1964 Time Capsule

Sealed at the 1964 New York World's Fair, and it's supposed to be opened in 6939.

Electronic watch, electronic toothbrush, among hundreds of other items compiled as a sequel of sorts to the first Westinghouse time capsule in 1939.

Images: Library of Congress and the book Time Capsules: A Cultural History by William E. Jarvis

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Buried at a conference in Aspen in 1983, but remains lost.

The time capsule likely contains an early mouse and other audio recordings from Steve Jobs.

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I love time capsules. But more often than not, they're extremely boring. Most American time capsules from the 19th and 20th centuries contain a Bible, some stamps, a few coins and plenty of newspapers. Some throw in an American flag for good measure.

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I have always loved the concept of time capsules and even made one when I was a kid out of a shoebox and buried it in my backyard. My interest was stirred again when I recently read about a small time capsule that was opened not far from where I live. So I thought it might be interesting to research some of the larger and more famous ones for a list. The term "time capsule" wasn't around until 1937 and its original purpose was to communicate with people in the future at a particular time or date. Over the years the term is now used to describe "unintentional discoveries" such as objects from archaeological digs or items found in the cornerstones of buildings with no exact dates when they should be opened. (I guess this would also apply to my buried shoebox). This list includes only "intentional discoveries" meaning time capsules with definite dates or a time period when they should be opened.

This is a very small time capsule compared to the others but I wanted to include it because it inspired the list. The 50 year old newspaper clipping above describes a silver-plated lead capsule containing 35-mm films. The capsule was placed in the Magnolia Boulevard Bridge in Burbank California when it was built in 1959 and was to be opened 50 years later. City officials didn't know the capsule was due to be opened until a local historian came across the 1959 newspaper article a few weeks earlier. Workers removed the bridge dedication plaque and noticed a dark patch of concrete and then freed the capsule. The capsule contained 47 photos of the city as well as some predictions of what life would be like in Burbank in 2009.

Interesting Fact: One of the predictions was that people would be making "short-haul" flights in "vertical take-off" crafts. You can see the 50 year old pictures and read the rest of the predictions here.

The Yahoo! Time Capsule is a time capsule project where users contribute to a digital legacy of how life was in 2006. At the time of the closing of the capsule on November 8, 2006 the capsules total number of submissions was 170,857. The highest number of contributions, (32,910) came from the 20-29 age group. The digital collection of submissions was entrusted to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings based in Washington D.C. where it will remain until Yahoo!'s 25th Birthday in 2020. The Time Capsule hopes to capture the thoughts and feelings of the world in 2006 as an exercise in electronic or digital anthropology.

Interesting Fact: It is thought that the capsule represents one of the largest compilations of digital media of its kind in the world. You can learn more about the Yahoo Time Capsule here.

In 1963 a time capsule was made commemorating the fifth anniversary of the General Dynamics Astronautics facility in San Diego, California. It was to be opened 100 years later in 2063. Among the items in the capsule was a booklet called 2063 A.D. The booklet contains predictions by scientists, politicians, astronauts and military commanders about the state of space exploration in the year 2063. It is believed that only 200 copies were printed. Unfortunately in the late 1990s the building was torn down and the time capsule was destroyed. Fortunately a few remaining copies of 2063 A.D. sill existed and were able to be reproduced.

Interesting Fact: Here are a few of the interesting predictions: John Glenn, astronaut: "We will have discovered natural resources we did not know existed in the year 1963 and (discovered) an anti-gravity system."

William Pickering, astronomer: "There will be travel at relativistic (light-speed) velocities to the nearby stars."

Fred Whipple, astronomer: "The control of fusion in 1977 and the use of ordinary hydrogen in 1995 led soon to a comparatively infinite supply at relatively low cost."

You can read the entire booklet here.

On Christmas Eve 1907 a group of men gathered beneath the Paris Opera and carefully wrapped two lead and iron containers containing 24 recorded discs. Each were sealed and locked in a small storage room with a note that read "This will teach men 100 years from now about the state of our talking machines and the voices of the principal singers of our times" In 1912 two more urns were added to the archive plus a hand-cranked gramophone and instructions on how to use it. The project was the idea of Alfred Clark who was the founder and president of EMI's ancestor, the International Gramophone Company. In 1989, during the installation of air-conditioning it was discovered that the archive had been broken open and one of the 1912 urns was empty and the gramophone was missing. The remainder of the archive was immediately transferred to the National Library of France in Parris. At the end of 2007 the archive was opened. Apart from those missing, the discs were undamaged. It was decided that the records should remain un-played to avoid physical contact with the discs. Since precise details of which discs were in the archive were documented, copies of the same discs available from other archives were used to be digitized.

I just wanted to add that the fact that they didn't play the actual records and used existing copies, in my opinion kind of takes the romance out of the whole thing.

Interesting Fact: Some were not impressed with the old masters. François Le Roux, a Paris Opera baritone and teacher, said that the old techniques grated on modern professional ears. He also said most of them would not get past the quarter-finals in a contest nowadays. [JFrater: In contrast to Le Roux's opinion, when I was studying opera I was very interested in the great voices of the past and frequently listened to the singers. Their technique was very different to now and often not as polished, but they were masters of emotional performance which is the most important aspect of performance singing in my opinion. Considering that some of these great recordings are of people who performed in the premieres of works by Puccini etc, we have much to gain by studying them.] The recordings of the Paris Opera Vaults were release earlier this year. You can judge for yourself and listen to several of the recordings here.

This time capsule buried in Seward, Nebraska claims to be the largest in the world and is the work of Harold Keith Davisson who was a local celebrity, store owner, and town character. Davisson was not that concerned with the far-distant future but was mostly thinking about his grandkids and to show them what his life was like in 1975. He also wanted his time capsule to be the biggest one in the world. The 45-ton vault was buried and sealed in 1975 on the front lawn of his home furnishings and appliances store. According to his daughter the time capsule has an eclectic assortment of 5,000 items, including a pair of bikini panties, a man's leisure suit and a brand-new Chevy Vega, (the cheapest car he could find). The capsule will be opened on July 4, 2025.

Interesting Fact: To keep up with larger time capsules Davisson built a second time capsule, in 1983 directly over the first one so there would be no question as to whose time capsule was the largest in the world. In the second time capsule Davisson entombed another car, a beat-up 1975 Datsun or Toyota (no one can remember which) to show what society does to a car in ten years. Davisson died in 1999 at the age of 91.

In 1968 four time capsules were sealed in Amarillo Texas commemorating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of helium. Amarillo has been the center of activities related to helium since the government purchased the helium-rich Cliffside Gas Field in 1927. The time columns were filled with books, documents, and various artifacts that will tell future generations about life in 1968. The caps are welded on and the contents sealed in a helium atmosphere. Each time column will be opened after durations of 25, 50, 100, and 1000 years. The first time column was opened in 1993 and signifies man's dependence on natural resources. The 50-year capsule symbolizes industry and its use of natural resources. The 100-year capsule represents science and its development of natural resources. The 1,000-year capsule represents history and human efforts toward conservation.

Interesting Fact: One of the items in the 1000 year column is a passbook for a $10 savings account from an Oklahoma City bank, which draws 4 percent interest compounded annually until 2968. When the 1,000-year Column is opened the account will be worth over $1,000,000,000,000,000 ($1 quadrillion)

In 1968 two Japanese companies, Panasonic Corporation and The Mainichi Newspapers, agreed to undertake a joint time capsule project in celebration of the Japan World Exposition 1970. Two time capsules identical in every detail were buried adjacent to Osaka Castle. The lower capsule will remain buried for 5,000 years. The upper capsule (A control capsule) was opened in 2000 to examine the condition of its contents. After undergoing laboratory testing it was reburied and will be opened every 100 years thereafter so that the latest preservation techniques can be used to ensure their safekeeping. The 2,090 items in the capsule were chosen by a team of scientists, engineers, and historians that reflected everyday life in 1970. Other items include a silk condom, false teeth, a glass eye, insects encased in resin, an origami instruction book, handcuffs and counterfeit money.

Interesting Fact: A contest was held among Japanese schoolchildren to write a letter addressed To the People living 5,000 from now. The winner was a fourth grader from Tokyo who wrote: "How are you, people of 5,000 years from now? I wish I could live again in your age but I am quite happy now. I have kind parents and also a sister with whom I quarrel with once in a while. We must do our best until the next age takes over. Goodbye from 5,000 years in the past."

The Westinghouse Time Capsules are two time capsules prepared by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. The first was created to promote the 1939 New York World's Fair and the second for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Both are buried at the site of the fairs 50 feet below in Flushing Meadows Park. The Capsules are constructed from an alloy made of tempered copper, chromium and silver called Cupaloy. The two capsules are to be opened at the same time in 6939 AD, five thousand years after the first capsule was sealed. The 1939 contents were divided into five basic areas: small articles of common use, textiles and materials, miscellaneous items, essay on microfilm and newsreels. The 1965 capsule five areas include articles of common use, atomic energy, scientific developments, space and other.

Interesting Facts: The 1939 Capsule also contains a message from Albert Einstein which reads: Our time is rich in inventive minds, the inventions of which could facilitate our lives considerably. We are crossing the seas by power and utilize power also in order to relieve humanity from all tiring muscular work. We have learned to fly and we are able to send messages and news without any difficulty over the entire world through electric waves. However, the production and distribution of commodities is entirely unorganized so that everybody must live in fear of being eliminated from the economic cycle, in this way suffering for the want of everything. Further more, people living in different countries kill each other at irregular time intervals, so that also for this reason any one who thinks about the future must live in fear and terror. This is due to the fact that the intelligence and character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce some thing valuable for the community. I trust that posterity will read these statements with a feeling of proud and justified superiority. You can see a complete list of all the contents of the 1939 and 1964 capsules here.

KEO is the name of a proposed space time capsule that will be launched in 2010 or 2011. There have been previous spacecrafts carrying time capsules of earth's existence sent into space but what makes the KEO Satellite different is it will be designed to return back to earth 50,000 years later. The KEO project was conceived in 1994 by French artist-scientist Jean-Marc Philippe. If this ambitious project is realized the KEO will carry a drop of human blood chosen at random encased in a diamond, samples of air, sea water and earth and the DNA of the human genome. The satellite will also carry an astronomical clock, photographs of people of all cultures and an encyclopedia of current human knowledge.

Interesting Fact: The Satellites name is supposed to represent the three most frequently used sounds common to the most widely spoken languages today, K, E and O. Also, every person is invited to write a message addressed to the future inhabitants. The deadline is December 31, 2009. Messages can be posted here.

This is at the number one spot because the Crypt of Civilization is considered by many as the first modern time capsule even though it wasn't called a time capsule at the time. It helped inspire both the name as well as the Westinghouse Time Capsules. In 1940 in the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, a stainless steel vault door was welded shut. Behind the door is a 20′ x 10′ waterproofed room containing a collection of once-modern day artifacts placed there by men and women from the years 1937 to 1940.The whole concept was thought up in 1936 by the former president of the University Dr. Thornwell Jacobs. While teaching and researching ancient history Jacobs was struck by the lack of information on ancient civilizations. He thought for those who might study our civilization in the future they would have to have accurate and full records. Because the first known date in recorded history, 4241 B.C. (6177 years previous) Jacobs suggested that the Crypt be sealed until 6177 plus the years that have passed - thus setting the year for the Crypt's reopening at 8113.

Interesting Fact: The sensitive items in the crypt were sealed with stainless steel receptacles with glass linings. Before they were sealed, all of the air was removed from the containers and replaced with nitrogen to prevent oxidation of the contents. You can see an inventory of items in the Crypt here.

You can't have a time capsule list and not include this one! In 1957 a large concrete vault was sealed at the Tulsa County Courthouse to be opened in 2007 to celebrate Oklahoma's Centennial as a state. The organizers of the event thought it would be a really cool idea to burry a brand new Plymouth Belvedere because it "exemplified an advanced product of American industrial ingenuity with the kind of lasting appeal that will still be in style 50 years from now". Items buried with the car included jugs of leaded gasoline, a change of oil and a case of Schlitz beer. The automobile was to be awarded to the person who guessed nearest to the city's 2007 population. If he or she was not living, the award would go to the heirs, along with the proceeds from a $100 trust fund. The guesses were put on microfilm and sealed in a steel capsule. Unfortunately when it was opened it was obvious that during the 50 years the vault had sprung a leak. The car was found in four feet of water almost completely rusted with rotting upholstery and most of its contents ruined. You can see a picture of the car here.

Interesting Fact: The person that was closest to the 2007 population and the winner of the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere was Raymond E. Humbertson. He guessed 384,743 and was off by 2,286 people, as the population of Tulsa in 2007 was 382,457. Unfortunately Humbertson died in 1979 and his wife also passed away in 1988. His closest living relatives are his two elderly sisters who will take ownership of the prize. You can watch a great clip of the car and vault being prepared 50 years ago here.

I also wanted to mention there were plans to restore the car (Mss. Belvedere). A web site was even set up to keep everyone posted on her progress but there have been no updates for some time. Attempts to contact the company doing the restoration have also been unsuccessful. Maybe a Listverser from Tulsa or anywhere else can help us out with an update.

Jamie is the owner and chief-editor of Listverse. He spends his time working on the site, doing research for new lists, and collecting oddities. He is fascinated with all things historic, creepy, and bizarre.

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How to create your Time Capsule.

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Answer those questions after reading the burial ceremony letter.

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Read this letter written by French Students for a burial Ceremony.

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Watch the video and try to answer the questions to practice.