I made one and buried it at our last house. I hope I sealed it well enough, but some day someone is going to wonder who would bother and I'll have my five minutes of fame lol.
I made one and buried it at our last house. I hope I sealed it well enough, but some day someone is going to wonder who would bother and I'll have my five minutes of fame lol.
As luck would have it, my job involves the preservation of historic objects, and I was asked just last year to consult on a time capsule that the town where I work at was planning on putting into...
As luck would have it, my job involves the preservation of historic objects, and I was asked just last year to consult on a time capsule that the town where I work at was planning on putting into the ground. I did a ton of research, took hundreds of photographs of the town to be placed in the time capsule, found ways of saving the town hundreds of dollars, recommended items and artifacts to be placed inside… and then last minute they decide not to go through with the project. Absolute let down.
I think they’re fascinating and wish more places did them. But there are a couple of key considerations to take regarding the survival of the objects left inside them. A lot of people don’t realize that many common items will not survive much longer than a couple decades in less-than-ideal scenarios before becoming almost unrecognizable. Which unfortunately leads to exactly the situation that this article mentions, a time capsule is opened and its contents mostly illegible and nearly destroyed. It’s more common than you might think.
I made one and buried it at our last house. I hope I sealed it well enough, but some day someone is going to wonder who would bother and I'll have my five minutes of fame lol.
I buried one inside my walls, I might even forget it's there in 30 years and surprise myself next time I remodel.
Or you'll have decades of people wondering WHO DID THIS AND WHY?! :-)
As luck would have it, my job involves the preservation of historic objects, and I was asked just last year to consult on a time capsule that the town where I work at was planning on putting into the ground. I did a ton of research, took hundreds of photographs of the town to be placed in the time capsule, found ways of saving the town hundreds of dollars, recommended items and artifacts to be placed inside… and then last minute they decide not to go through with the project. Absolute let down.
I think they’re fascinating and wish more places did them. But there are a couple of key considerations to take regarding the survival of the objects left inside them. A lot of people don’t realize that many common items will not survive much longer than a couple decades in less-than-ideal scenarios before becoming almost unrecognizable. Which unfortunately leads to exactly the situation that this article mentions, a time capsule is opened and its contents mostly illegible and nearly destroyed. It’s more common than you might think.