At the end of January 2025, we’ll be taking this briefcase…
and locking it away in the International Ghost Society archives, to be opened twenty years in the future, at the end of January 2045.
Anyone is welcome to contribute something to be placed in the capsule: you could contribute a message to your future self, a treasured memento, a snapshot of your life as it stands in 2024, an item you think will be a relic of a bygone era by 2045… or anything else you think might be interesting.
This project is a step into the unknown:
- Will we still be alive in twenty years?
- Will IGS still exist?
- Will we have lost the capsule during a house move?
- Will it have been destroyed by a fire or flood?
- What will the world look like by the time we unseal this project?
We simply don’t know. There’s no way of knowing. That’s the nature of time.
But, as we embark on this project, we will commit to doing our best to protect and preserve the capsule until its intended opening date. There’s no way we can know if it (or we) will survive that long… but we’re definitely going to try!
Why are you doing this?
We find the idea of time travel fascinating, and a little bit surreal. Twenty years is a long time.
Can you remember who you were, where you were, or what you were doing twenty years ago? What would it be like to receive a letter or a souvenir from the person you were then – something you’d completely forgotten about over the course of two decades?
We’re doing a time capsule because we think it will be interesting.
We also think it will be difficult… but we like a challenge. We intend to look after this capsule and treat it with the care and importance that something being sent two decades through time deserves.
We also think it’ll be really, really fun to open it up in 2045 if we succeed!
When are you doing this?
We aim to seal the capsule around the end of January 2025… maybe with a little ceremony. You should come along! Join our mailing list to be kept informed of any event we organise.
Can I put something in the capsule?
Yes! We invite contributions from anyone. If you include your contact details with your contribution we’ll even try to get in touch with you in twenty years when we open the capsule.
For more information about adding something to the capsule, or to get started sending us something, fill out this form.
What can I put in the capsule?
It’s up to you… but here are a few categories of things that we welcome…
👻Digital Files
We’ll be including a hard drive, which we’ll fill with digital contributions: text documents, images, videos, etc.
👻 Physical Objects
We’ll also include physical contributions: small, non-perishable items that are likely to survive twenty years in storage.
👻 Sealed Letters
We’ll also accept sealed letters. These will be stowed unopened and unread in the capsule. If all goes to plan these contributions won’t be read or seen until 2045.
Who are you?
We’re the International Ghost Society. We do fun stuff, and also have a YouTube channel, which you should follow if you like spooky history and lost media.
If that all sounds good, and you’re interested in contributing something to the capsule, all you have to do is click the button below and fill in the form to get started!