Capturing Time: The New York Times Capsule was an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History that explored different concepts of time and the history of time capsules. The exhibition featured the "Times Capsule" -- a 5' x 5' x 5' sculpture of welded stainless steel designed by Santiago Calatrava, a renowned architect-engineer from Valencia, Spain.

Santiago Calatrava's capsule design was chosen in an international design competition launched by The New York Times Magazine that attracted some of the foremost names in architecture, design, and engineering from 12 countries. The competition sought the best design for a capsule to preserve key artifacts from today for the next 1,000 years: a design that would be both a work of art and serve as an ambassador to future generations. Since the exhibition closed, the Times Capsule has be given a permanent home at the Museum.