Totnes Museum locks away time capsule album for 30 years
A museum in south Devon has created an album to act as a time capsule giving future readers a snapshot of life in 2023.Totnes Museum started working on the Posterity Project in 2023 to create the album that will be stored in the town's archives for 30 years before it is unearthed.The museum said the aim was to capture the "energy, vibrancy and individuality" of the town, with people contributing artefacts, voice recordings, photographs, poems and news clippings that are captured within the album."We were excited to see what people felt was important to include in the project... and we were not disappointed," museum trustee Alan Roffey said.
Emily Price, mayor of Totnes, led a ceremony this week placing the album in storage after having it on display for much of 2024.Alison Letten, who coordinated the project, said: "In 2053, a new generation of Totnesians will be provided with this colourful window to the past."The book contains information about groups, events and activities, along with personal reflections and photographs.
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