Inside the Boston time capsule
A time capsule, which was placed under a cornerstone of the State House in 1795, before being opened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Jan. 6, 2015.
The capsule was placed by a group of the U.S. founding fathers including Samuel Adams, then the state's governor, Paul Revere and Colonel William Scollay.
Buried under the State House in 1795
A 220-year-old time capsule was opened in Boston and revealed relics believed left by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
Buried under the State House in 1795
Coins, including a copper medal depicting George Washington, lower, left, sit in an archival box after being removed from a time capsule, which was placed under a cornerstone of the State House in 1795, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Jan. 6, 2015.
Buried under the State House in 1795
Silver and copper coins dating from 1652 to 1855, found in a 1795 time capsule, are displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Mass., on Jan. 6, 2015.
The contents of the 1795 time capsule,which was removed from the Massachusetts State House on December 11, 2014, were unveiled and displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts. The capsule was unearthed once before in the nineteenth century.
Buried under the State House in 1795
Newspapers found in a 1795 time capsule, are displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts on Jan. 6, 2015.
Buried under the State House in 1795
Newspapers removed from a time capsule, which was placed under a cornerstone of the State House in 1795, sit in archival boxes at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Jan. 6, 2015.
Buried under the State House in 1795
A silver plate engraved by Paul Revere was placed in the time capsule buried under a cornerstone of the State House in 1795.
Buried under the State House in 1795
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, left, speaks with Pam Hatchfield, Head of Objects Conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as she displays a silver plaque inscribed by Paul Revere, after the unveiling of the contents of a 1795 time capsule, at the Museum of Fine Arts on Jan. 6, 2015.