Overview

• After three days of crane-assisted work, the 45-ton concrete vault was unsealed in Seward, Nebraska, and its contents debuted to hundreds of visitors on July 5, 2025.
• Recovered items range from thousands of letters and artwork to a teal leisure suit and a yellow Chevy Vega.
• Visitors from across the country reunited with personal heirlooms such as wedding invitations and cassette tapes containing family voice recordings.
• Harold Davisson built the vault in 1975 to capture everyday life for his descendants and topped it with a pyramid in 1983 to reclaim its world-largest status.
• Organizers plan to establish a permanent exhibit in Seward to preserve and showcase the recovered relics for future generations.