Emily,

I guess that is not an uncommon experience- if you look at Ogelthorpe
University's "Crypt of Civilization" site 
http://www.oglethorpe.edu/about_us/crypt_of_civilization/  , they
have a list of the most wanted time capsules- and you can register the
location of your capsule with them to make losing it at least one step
more difficult.  The one we used was huge to begin with- dimensions
around 30 by 20 by 20- we then had fashioned a cement vault and lowered
it into the vault - which makes the whole structure larger- and then put
a big chunk of marble with a plaque on top. There are photos of the
event on line at  http://www.med.ufl.edu/50years/timecapsule.shtml 

Nina S-R

Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig
Education Coordinator and Archivist,  J.H. Miller Health Science
Center
Director of Medical Humanities, College of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Chapman Medical Education Center and
Department of History
Office of the Vice President for Health Affairs
Box 100014
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32610
(352)846-1360
archive.health.ufl.edu
medinfo.ufl.edu/~medhum

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>>> [log in to unmask] 01/22 2:16 PM >>>
Good Morning Emily,

Speaking from experience........

The best place for a time capsule is on a shelf in a museum storage
area
or put it on display in a museum lobby vitrine.  In any case, I would
use a non-acidic museum storage box and not bury it.  If you bury it,
there is a good chance that it will be lost because folks forget
"exactly" where it is buried.  Not that long ago, the Pink Palace
Museum
buried a time capsule....and now we can't find it....I am not making
this up!  Our next step is to get a "high-powered" metal detector and
start digging up the lawn next to the parking lot.  At another museum,
I
was present for the opening of an 1850s time capsule, which was placed
in a railroad roundhouse's cornerstone.  When the sealed metal box
(zinc?) was opened, it was full of water.....rusty water.  The
contents
were a sloppy, goopy mess..........

I know of some people...........who bury ammunition, firearms, MREs,
and
gold in anticipation of Armageddon (or maybe it is Zombie Attacks) and
they use large diameter PVC pipe with the threaded ends "glued and
sealed."  The pipe may be only be opened with a hack-saw.

I hope this helps,

Wesley

Wesley S. Creel

Administrator of Programs

Pink Palace Family of Museums

Memphis, TN

www.memphismuseums.org <http://www.memphismuseums.org/> 

 

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 12:30 PM
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Subject: Time Capsule

 

Hello, folks!

I'm posting this for a colleague of mine:

She is putting together a time capsule and wishes to know both what
type
of container to use and (if possible) a company to buy it from.

The location is in Wisconsin so the soil conditions would be wet and
experience deep seasonal changes. The proposed duration of time is
from
50 - 100 years.

Thank you in advance!

 

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