Time capsules
Lock away your millennium memories for future generations
Greenwich Millennium Dome time capsule
 On
20 March 1998 it was announced that the Millennium Dome in Greenwich will be the
home for the ideas of two thousand children who are to be selected in a Blue
Peter competition that starts on 30 March 1998 on the long running UK TV
programme on BBC 1.
The competition
is to fill a Time Capsule that will be buried in the centre of the Dome later
this year and will stay there until 2050. Children will be asked to submit
poems, stories and pictures that will provide a snapshot of their lives as we
enter the new millennium.
Using new technology, the work of the children will be scanned into a digital
form so that it could be viewed inside the Dome in 2000. It will then not be
seen again until the Time Capsule is unearthed 50 years later.
The stainless steel Time Capsule will weigh in at 50 kilos and be buried at a
depth of 5 m under the central piazza of the Dome. Another Time Capsule buried
at BBC Television Centre in 1971 by the Blue Peter Team is to be dug up sometime
in the year 2000.
 Timecapsule
2000 - Canada
Timecapsule
2000: Canadians from coast to coast to coast are being asked to share their
memories and impressions of what this millennium means to them. Almost anything
goes ... a poem, song, short story, part of a diary, a cherished photo, grandpa
Stan's war medals, Nana Lucille's special quilt, the signing of the Nunavut Land
Claims Agreement ... something of great historical significance or something
that is close to the heart like the first harpoon that one of our students made.
If you are new to digital technology, ask for help at your local school or
Community Access Centre. People there can likely help you transfer your memories
into digital form and send them on to the great folks at , the sponsors of this
project. They will collect them and store them in a digital time capsule that we
hope will be buried under an inukshuk to be built by Inuit in Ottawa on July 1st
in the year 2000. From the Leo Ussak
Elementary School in the Canadian Arctic.
New Zealand: The World's Biggest Time Capsule
 The
World's Biggest Time Capsule to
mark the millennium in New Zealand.
The structure will be in the form of a large underground
Millennium Vault topped on the surface with a pyramid. A vertical wall at the
base of the pyramid will feature a bronze bas relief depicting important
milestones in the last 1000 years of the nation's history. This main structure
will be surrounded by smaller Regional Vaults.
 U.S.Time
Capsule
Currently the United
States Timecapsule Monument is being constructed. It is to be sealed on July
4th, 2000 for 1000 years and in it will hold the human experience of the late
20th century. They are accepting "Free of charge" any photos
accompanied with brief descriptions of what/who they are and from where they
came. They are looking for something personal or of local historical
significance.
Cyprus Time Capsule
The first Greek TimeCapsule project to celebrate the new millennium!
"Hellenic Bank invites all Cypriots to participate in
the TimeCapsule2000" a project that all Cypriots of all ages and
educational backgrounds can afford to participate in including the Cypriot
Diaspora and the Enclaved. For more details see here
Know of any other time capsule projects?
Please let the Webdirector know - email webdirector@greenwich2000.com
| 
