This year the Ri is celebrating its 225th birthday! To mark the occasion, we put together a special Ri time capsule. It was sealed by one of our family programme speakers Emily Grossman at an event during British Science Week. It will be kept safe in the Ri Archive until it’s opened for our 250th birthday in 2049.
We had plenty of input from attendees of our Family Fun Day in February - have a look below for a sneak peak of our celebrations!
Join us in our celebration by making your very own time capsule!
What you need:
▪ a waterproof container (if you’re burying your box)
▪ contents for your time capsule
▪ a print out of your time capsule label (you should probably seal this in something waterproof too!)
Ideas for contents:
▪ write a letter to your future self, what would you like to tell them about? What are your current hopes and dreams? What do you think your future self might be doing?
▪ choose a couple of small objects to put inside, a train ticket, a receipt, a magazine or newspaper article
▪ you could put a photograph in, of you, your family, or your favourite place
▪ you can also use our activity sheets to add some of your predictions for the scientific future. We’ve included some in our time capsule too!
▪ we’re opening our time capsule on our 250th birthday in 2049. You can choose to open yours then too to celebrate with us, or maybe you’d like to open it on another date in the future that’s special to you! The important thing is to be patient enough that the date is quite far into the future. And don’t forget to record where you bury it!
So download our time capsule instructions and label today, and start making history!
We’d love you to share your time capsule with us! Take photos and email them to: membership@ri.ac.uk or share them with us on social media and tag us.