This is your chance to become a part of history! On September 29, 2018, the City of Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle will be celebrating the opening of the 50-year time capsule column located at the Helium Time Column Monument. These capsules were sealed in 1968, and have never been opened until now! A lot has changed since that time, and you will get a chance to glimpse at items, mementos, and documents that were stored in the time column capsules from this period. But, it doesn’t stop there. We will be refilling the capsules and would like to put items from this year, 2018, for future generations to see. Items that will be placed in the time capsule this year will not be seen again until 2093, 75 years from now!
Time Capsule Submissions
We want the people of Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle to have a voice of what goes into one of these time capsules. What do you use on a day-to-day basis, what do you think represents our contemporary civilization, what message do you want to leave the future, what are our hopes, fears, passions, etc.?…
Time Capsule Reveal Event
The Helium Time Columns Monument Committee in conjunction with the Discovery Center will be hosting an event celebrating the 50 year column opening on September 29, 2018, from 10:00 am-2:00 pm.
Helium Monument History
The Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument was erected in Amarillo, Texas in 1968 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of helium. Vice President Hubert Humphrey heralded the conservation of all natural resources, with the unique element of helium specifically when the Helium Monument was constructed. In a telegram on May 17, 1968, Vice-President…
