What, Where, and How

The most frequently asked questions about Time Capsule 2000 are:

What should I put in it?
Where should I put it?
How should I preserve the capsule and its contents?

A Great Example of How FWS Did It

The what and where are limited only by your imagination - just about any item you may wish to include can be preserved, and the capsule is constructed to last indefinitely whether stored in an attic, buried underground or within a foundation, installed in an exterior wall, displayed on a pedestal in a lobby, or suspended in a Plexiglas tower - all options which have been chosen by our clients.

The items chosen to be included in a Time Capsule 2000 should represent life in today's world to future generations. Some of the items our clients have included in their Time Capsule 2000 are:

• Abacus
• Advertisements - current and antique
• Audio tapes
  
• Autographs
  
• Autographed copies of biographies and other books
  
• Automobile sales brochures
  
• Badges - cloth and pin on types
  
• Bank statements, checks and checkbook
  
• Ballpoint pen
  
• Baseball
  
• Baseball glove
  
• Baseball hat
  
• Baseball roster and schedule
  
• Bible and prayer book
  
• Biographies
  
• Blueprints of buildings, inventions, new processes
  
• Calculator
  
• Calendar
  
• Calendar of Events
  
• Campaign buttons
  
• Certificates of birth, marriage, death
  
• Champagne cork
  
• Coins and bills
  
• Commemorative pins
  
• Contracts
  
• Copies of historical documents
  
• Corporate documents and fictitious name statements
  
• Credit applications
  
• Credit card
  
• Deck of cards
  
• Diary
  
• Diplomas - High School, University, Trade School
  
• Drawings/essays by schoolchildren
  
• Electoral roll
  
• Empty cans - soft drink, beer, food
  
• Football
  
• Football jersey
  
• Glasses and contact lenses
  
• Golf ball and tee
  
  

• Fan club membership lists
• Fountain pen
  
• Industry-specific magazines\catalogs
• Internet information
• Invitations to past and current celebrations
• Legal documents - real estate contracts, wills, etc
• Letterhead and business cards
• Lists of corporate executives/members/
  parishioners/students
• Logos
• Magazines showing today's culture - architecture, styles, personalities
• Mail order catalog
• Mayor's "State of the City" address
• Menus
• Music, written and on audio tape or CD
• Movie reviews
• Newspapers
• Paintings, prints and lithographs
• Paperweights
• Pencils
• Perfumes
• Phone book
• Photographs of places, people, occasions
• Piggy bank
• Pocket watch
• Postcards
• Posters
• Recipes
• Register of voters
• Sales records
• Scripts - from stage plays, movies and television
• Slide rule
• Staples and stapler
• T-shirts and hats
• Tickets, schedules and itineraries - bus, plane, train
• Time sheets
• Toys
• Track shoes
• TV Guide
• Videos
• Wine
• Wrist watch
• Year books

HOW to the preserve a Time Capsule 2000 and its contents is covered in detail under Preservation Tips.

A few of our clients have shared their choices with us. Some have chosen to seal each of the contents individually following conservation guidelines, some simply cover the flange and screws with silicon gel, others have had the lid welded on after the Time Capsule 2000 has been filled, and some have chosen to have the oxygen removed and replaced with argon or nitrogen by a local gas supplier and have then sealed the capsule with silicon. This process is described in detail in the Instruction Manual which you will receive with your Time Capsule 2000. Your method of preservation is a personal choice.

We hope that you will enjoy deciding which articles you wish to preserve for future generations, and that your Time Capsule 2000 project will bring you great pleasure.