<p>It dates back to 1795 and has been dubbed the oldest time capsule in America. On Thursday, a museum in Boston will open the relic, believed to contain coins and papers.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Museum of Fine Arts in the northeastern city will open the time capsule at a press conference at 6pm (2300 GMT), but says numbers are limited due to space constraints and "object sensitivity."<br /><br />It was originally placed under the State House cornerstone in 1795 by then governor Samuel Adams, one of the founding fathers of the United States, and American Revolution patriot Paul Revere.<br /><br />The capsule, together with miscellaneous coins, was removed last month, weighed and x-rayed, officials said.<br /><br />It was last unearthed in 1855, when its contents were documented and cleaned. Additional items were added before it was plastered into the underside of a massive granite cornerstone.<br /><br />The museum says the capsule weighs 10 pounds (4.5 kilos) and measures 5.5 inches (14 cm) by 7.5 inches by 1.5 inches.<br /><br />Records and x-rays suggest it contains silver and copper coins dating from 1652 and 1855, an engraved silver plate, a copper medal depicting George Washington, newspapers, cards, the seal of the commonwealth and a title page from the Massachusetts colony records.</p>
<p>It dates back to 1795 and has been dubbed the oldest time capsule in America. On Thursday, a museum in Boston will open the relic, believed to contain coins and papers.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Museum of Fine Arts in the northeastern city will open the time capsule at a press conference at 6pm (2300 GMT), but says numbers are limited due to space constraints and "object sensitivity."<br /><br />It was originally placed under the State House cornerstone in 1795 by then governor Samuel Adams, one of the founding fathers of the United States, and American Revolution patriot Paul Revere.<br /><br />The capsule, together with miscellaneous coins, was removed last month, weighed and x-rayed, officials said.<br /><br />It was last unearthed in 1855, when its contents were documented and cleaned. Additional items were added before it was plastered into the underside of a massive granite cornerstone.<br /><br />The museum says the capsule weighs 10 pounds (4.5 kilos) and measures 5.5 inches (14 cm) by 7.5 inches by 1.5 inches.<br /><br />Records and x-rays suggest it contains silver and copper coins dating from 1652 and 1855, an engraved silver plate, a copper medal depicting George Washington, newspapers, cards, the seal of the commonwealth and a title page from the Massachusetts colony records.</p>