What would you tell someone living 250 years from now?
The Declarations Time Capsule invites Iowans to leave a message for future generations. Your words will be preserved and opened in the year 2276.
What might you say?
What do you hope the world looks like in the year 2276?
What do you hope future generations will know, protect, or celebrate?
What have you done to help shape that future?
The Declarations phone number is dedicated to receiving your answers to the questions above. You can also use the form below to share your message.
Add to the Time Capsule
Write with the form, or text/call the phone number! Your message will become part of the Declarations Time Capsule, to be opened in 2276.
515-303-0399
Additional Details
The Time Capsule will be housed near Heritage Carousel in Union Park and preserved for 250 years as part of America’s Semiquintcentennial celebration.
Amanda Lovelee civic and environmentally-focused artist who works within government and cross-sector collaborations. She creates bright, joyful, engaging, and complex large-scale public
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Lovelee holds an MFA in Visual Studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and BFA in Photography from University of Hartford. Lovelee has received funding from ArtPlace America, Jerome Foundation, Knight Foundation, McKnight Foundation, MN State Arts Board, Salzburg Global Seminar and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is currently a 2022/23 McKnight Visual Artist Fellow and Design for Civic Change Fellow at the Center for Urban Pedagogy.
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