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/> ________________________________ From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Emily Hildebrant Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 12:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] 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! ________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49679/*http:/searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/s ponsoredsearch_v2.php?o=US2140&cmp=Yahoo&ctv=Q107Tagline&s=Y&s2=EM&b=50> on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).