• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

New York Almanack

History, Natural History & the Arts

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Adirondacks & NNY
  • Capital-Saratoga
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Hudson Valley & Catskills
  • NYC & Long Island
  • Western NY
  • History
  • Nature & Environment
  • Arts & Culture
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Food & Farms
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • Submit
  • About
  • New Books
  • Events
  • Podcasts

N-Y Historical Society To Open 1914 Time Capsule

October 7, 2014 by Editorial Staff 6 Comments

unnamed(26)In 1914, a time capsule marking the tricentennial of the New Netherland Company charter was put on deposit at the New-York Historical Society by the Lower Wall Street Business Men’s Association.

It was intended to have been opened in 1974. As the opening date passed without notice, New-York Historical’s curators and historians decided to open it in 2014 to mark the quadricentennial of the New Netherland Company.

The Student Historians in the New-York York Historical Society’s high school internship program— the recipient of a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award—have created a new time capsule with contents that may similarly speak to the events of 2014 and recent years. Beyond an antiquarian collection of ephemera, the time capsule demonstrates the Teen Historians’ critical thinking and profound understanding of historical processes and trends that New-York Historical’s education programs stimulate.

The 2014 time capsule will be accessioned into the museum’s collection after the event and slated for opening in 2114.

The 1914 time capsule will be opened on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, at 4 pm at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West (between West 76th and 77th Streets) in Manhattan.
RSVP is required to attend. RSVP to Timothy Wroten at twroten@nyhistory.org.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Manhattan, New Netherland, New York City, New York Historical Society, NYC, Wall Street

About Editorial Staff

Stories written under the Editorial Staff byline are drawn from press releases and other notices. Submit your news to New York Almanack here.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Darn says

    October 9, 2014 at 11:32 AM

    So, uhhh….what was in it?

    Reply
  2. And . . says

    October 9, 2014 at 3:47 PM

    It was empty I guess. Because surely you would have told us what was in it if there was anything there.

    Reply
  3. Volker says

    October 16, 2014 at 5:17 AM

    It was not empty, look into my blogpost:
    http://volkerhoff.com/zeitreise-ins-jahr-1914-historiker-oeffnen-vergessene-zeitkapsel-new-york/

    Faszinating!

    Reply
    • julio says

      December 12, 2014 at 4:49 AM

      Mr. Volker the language in the block is German

      Reply
  4. julio says

    December 12, 2014 at 4:43 AM

    I found a copper box about 5 years ago in a corner of a building the was demo . I think the date is 1918 according to the newspaper the I found

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Zeitreise ins Jahr 1914 - Historiker öffnen vergessene Zeitkapsel in New York - Zeitreisender | Zeitreisender says:
    October 16, 2014 at 5:15 AM

    […] Links: N-Y Historical Society To Open 1914 Time Capsule Opening Of NYC Time Capsule Brings 1914 Into The […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Help Us Reach Our Fundraising Goal

Subscribe to New York Almanack

Subscribe! Follow the New York Almanack each day via E-mail, RSS, Twitter or Facebook updates.

Recent Comments

  • Judy Gumaer Testa on Elnathan Sears: Thirteen Months in Hell
  • Big Burly on New York’s Pirate Utopia: From Pearl Street to Execution Dock
  • Jim Sefcik on Trump Impeachment Recalls Aaron Burr’s Treason
  • Ed Zahniser on Trump Impeachment Recalls Aaron Burr’s Treason
  • Amy eckman on Trump Impeachment Recalls Aaron Burr’s Treason
  • Jennifer on Humans In Zoos: A Long History of ‘Exotic’ People Exhibitions
  • Henry Nass on Trump Impeachment Recalls Aaron Burr’s Treason
  • Jim Britell on Trump Impeachment Recalls Aaron Burr’s Treason
  • Mary Anne Goley on James Hazen Hyde: A Gilded Age Scandal
  • Bob Meyer on Poetry: Little Boy Lost

Recent New York Books

The Long Crisis
rebuilding the republic
The 20th Century Civil Rights Movement
first principles
An American Marriage
too long ago
the long year of the revolution
Notable New Yorkers of Manhattans Upper West Side
Woman Slaveholders in Jamaica
nobody hitchhikes anymore

Secondary Sidebar

New York State Historic Markers