This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Brian Durrans at the British Museum Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas is a world expert in time capsules. I expect you'll find something by him online. ________________________________ From: Social History Curators Group email list [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Clare Weston [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 02 February 2012 12:39 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SHCG-LIST] Time Capsules This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Fiona I found these links through ‘google’, from American heritage organisations, but probably still relevant regarding materials for the capsule itself. http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/conservation/reports/timecapsule.pdf http://www.loc.gov/preservation/family/timecap.html Regards Clare Clare Weston Curator - Domestic & Cultural Life Black Country Living Museum e: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> t: 0121 521 3512 w: www.bclm.com<http://www.bclm.com> ________________________________ From: Social History Curators Group email list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fiona Messham Sent: 02 February 2012 08:39 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SHCG-LIST] Time Capsules Tees Archaeology are looking to do a time capsule with the local history group for the Diamond Jubilee. 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