List of time capsules
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This is a list of time capsule
s. The International Time Capsule Society
estimates there are between 10,000 to 15,000 time capsules worldwide.
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- Installed 20th May 1991 by Trunk & Radio team — discovered May 2011.
Time capsule
A time capsule is an historic cache of goods or information, usually intended as a method of communication with future people and to help future archaeologists, anthropologists, or historians...
s. The International Time Capsule Society
International Time Capsule Society
The International Time Capsule Society , based at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, is an organization established to promote the study of time capsules...
estimates there are between 10,000 to 15,000 time capsules worldwide.
Australia
MelbourneMelbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
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Telstra
Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications and media company, building and operating telecommunications networks and marketing voice, mobile, internet access and pay television products and services....
exchange
Exchange
-Finance and Commerce:* Exchange of goods and services, or trade* Exchange between a buyer and seller, a financial transaction* Exchange , where securities are sold and bought-Communications and Technology:...
- Installed 20th May 1991 by Trunk & Radio team — discovered May 2011.
Republic of Korea
- Time Capsule 1000 years, Seoul Plaza in Pildong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Namsan time capsule in Yongsan-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
- Time capsule of Yugwansun's birth 100 anniversary in Byeongcheon-myeon, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do
- Gyeongsangbukdo 100th anniversary Time Capsule Square in Mungyeong-eup, Mungyeong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Memorial Time Capsule to Mark the Merger of Yeosu-si, Yeocheon-si and Yeocheon-gun in Dolsan-eup, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do
Spain
- A 1834 time capsule is discovered in 2009 under a statue of Miguel de CervantesMiguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written...
in Madrid, it contains a guide and four volumes of the 1819 edition of Don Quixote. - A time capsule was buried in MotrilMotrilMotril is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean coast in the province of Granada, Spain.Motril is the second largest town in the province, with a population of 59,163 as of 2008...
, GranadaGranadaGranada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
. It will be opened on July 22, 2023 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the cantonal movement.
United States
- Crypt of CivilizationCrypt of CivilizationThe Crypt of Civilization is a sealed airtight chamber located at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. The crypt consists of preserved artifacts scheduled to be opened in the year AD 8113...
in Atlanta, GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788... - Westinghouse Time CapsulesWestinghouse Time CapsulesThe Westinghouse Time Capsules are two time capsules prepared by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company: "Time Capsule I", created for the 1939 New York World's Fair; and "Time Capsule II", created for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Both are buried 50 feet below Flushing Meadows Park,...
in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... - Helium Centennial Time Columns MonumentDon Harrington Discovery CenterDon Harrington Discovery Center is an interactive science center in Amarillo, Texas, U.S.A., targeting towards young children with hands-on science exhibits and a planetarium. The Discovery Center is located in the city's hospital district and is named after philanthropist, Don Harrington.Located...
in Amarillo, TexasAmarillo, TexasAmarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census... - East Central Community CollegeEast Central Community CollegeEast Central Community College is a junior college located in Decatur, Mississippi. ECCC serves a five-county district: Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winston counties. It opened in September 1928-Athletics:...
Time Capsule in Decatur, MississippiDecatur, MississippiDecatur is a town in Newton County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,426 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Newton County...
In space
- Apollo 11 goodwill messagesApollo 11 Goodwill MessagesThe Apollo 11 goodwill messages are statements from leaders of 73 countries around the world on a disc about the size of a 50-cent piece made of silicon that was left on the Moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts....
, on the MoonMoonThe Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more... - Immortality DriveImmortality driveThe Immortality Drive is a small memory device which was taken to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft on October 12, 2008. The Immortality Drive contains digitized DNA sequences of a select group of humans, such as physicist Stephen Hawking, comedian Stephen Colbert, Playboy model...
, in the International Space StationInternational Space StationThe International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
Projected
- KEOKEOKEO is the name of a proposed space time capsule which was to have been launched in 2003 carrying messages from the citizens of present Earth to humanity 50,000 years from now, when it would re-enter Earth's atmosphere...
- Lansing Time CapsuleLansing Time CapsuleThe Lansing Time Capsule, also known as the Lansing 150 Time Capsule Project, is currently in progress in Lansing, Michigan, USA, as part of the Lansing 150 Sesquicentennial celebration marking the city's 150th birthday...
- A deep time capsule to save our culture intact The Ozymandias Project .