Time Capsules
WHS where Time Capsules have been hidden (or found).
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Grand Pré | "... found behind the cornerstone of the Memorial Church. It contained an Acadian flag, a document and newspapers" (contents now in the Visitor Center) | |
| Hallstatt-Dachstein | Memory of Mankind: "Information is printed on ceramic tablets, then stored in the salt mine of Hallstatt." | |
| Mexico City and Xochimilco | "The time capsule, a lead box, was hidden in a hollow stone ball on top of a bell tower to mark the two-hundred-foot tall tower’s completion on May 14, 1791, two hundred eighteen years after construction began. Inside was a case of wax blessed by the sitting Pope and an engraving of St. Barbara to ward off lightning. A parchment listed the capsule’s contents, including 23 medals, five coins, and five small crosses made of palm fronds that the parchment said were “for protection from the storms.”" | |
| Strasbourg | Under Cathedral Square. Placed 23 September 1995, to be opened 23 September 3790. |
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