List of Foucault pendulums

This is a list of Foucault pendulums in the world:

Artistic rendition (highly exaggerated) of a Foucault pendulum showing that the Earth is not stationary, but rotates.

Europe

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Foucault's Pendulum in the Panthéon, Paris.

Austria

• Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna
• St. Ruprecht an der Raab, Styria, erected in 2001 in a slim stainless steel pyramide, partially with glass windows; it is worldwide the first to exist outside a closed building: on the street. - Length: 6.5 m, weight: 32 kg

Belarus

• Belarus State Pedagogic University, Minsk

Belgium

• Volkssterrenwacht Mira, Grimbergen
• Technopolis, Mechelen
• Festraetsstudio, Sint-Truiden
• UGent-volkssterrenwacht Armand Pien Ghent

Bulgaria

• Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium "Nicolaus Copernicus", Varna - Length: 14.4 m

Czech Republic

• Observatory and Planetarium Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové - Length: 10 m, weight: 8.5 kg
• Czech Technical University, Prague - Length: 21 m, weight: 34 kg
• Rotunda in Castle Flower Garden, Kromeriz - Length: 25 m, weight: 30 kg

Denmark

• Steno Museet, Aarhus
• Odense Technical College, Odense
• Geocenter, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen - Length 25 m, weight: 145 kg

Estonia

• Department of Physics, University of Tartu

Finland

• Department of Physics, University of Turku, Turku
• Eurajoki - Length: 40 m, weight: 110 kg
• Finnish Science Centre Heureka, Vantaa
• The watertower of Kuusamo

France

City	Location	Length $l\,$	Mass	Period $2\pi\sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}$	Latitude $\phi\,$	Pendulum day $\frac{23h56'}{\sin \phi}$
Paris	Panthéon	220 ft (67 m)	28 kg	16.5 sec	48°52' N	31 hours 50 minutes
Paris	Musée des Arts et Métiers		28 kg		48°52' N	31 hours 50 minutes
Besançon	Musée du temps	13.11 m		7.3 sec	47°08' N	32 hours 43 minutes

Germany

• Jahrtausendturm, Magdeburg
• Gymnasium Lünen-Altlünen, Lünen
• German Museum of Technology, Berlin
• University of Bremen
• University of Heidelberg
• Helmholtz-Gymnasium Heidelberg
• Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Hamburg
• School for Business and Technique, Mainz
• Deutsches Museum, Munich - Length: 30 m, weight: 30 kg
• University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony - Length: 19.5 m, weight: 70 kg
• Gymnasium of the city Lennestadt, North Rhine-Westphalia - Length: 11 m, weight: 50 kg, period: 6.7 s
• Cornelsen Verlag publishing house, Berlin
• Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Schweinfurt
• University of Trier
• University of Konstanz
• University of Rostock
• University of Greifswald
• Astronomisch physikalisches Kabinett, Kassel
• University of Göttingen, Physics department

Hungary

• Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, in one of the Lágymányosi buildings

Iceland

• Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Reykjavík power distributor, Reykjavík

Italy

• Dipartimento di Fisica (LIVE), Università di Cagliari Cagliari
• San Petronio Basilica, Bologna
• Palazzo della Ragione, Padua
• Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia (Leonardo da Vinci), Milan
• Museo del Balì, Saltara
• Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università "Federico II", Naples
• Aula Magna of Liceo M. Curie, Tradate
• Liceo Scientifico Galileo Galilei (LIVE), Siena

Lithuania

• Vilnius University - weight 34 kg, length 35 m (built in the 17th century belfry of Sts. Johns' Church of Vilnius University in 2011)

Luxembourg

• Central University - Length: 16 m, weight 32 kg

Netherlands

• Radboud University Nijmegen
• Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem

Moldova

• Technical University of Moldova, Chişinău - Length: 19 m, Weight 155 kg (2006 - 1851 = 155)

Norway

• Department of Physics, University of Oslo Weight: 32kg, Length: 14.1m
• Realfagbygget, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) "Weight: 40kg, Length: 25m"
• Science Factory (Vitenfabrikken), Sandnes "Weight: 60kg, Length: 11,17m"

Poland

• Nicolaus Copernicus Museum Frombork - Length: 28 m, weight: 46.5 kg
• St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Kraków - Length: 46.5 m, weight: 25 kg
• Polytechnic, Gdańsk - Length: 26 m, weight: 64 kg
• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
• Pomeranian Dukes' Castle, Szczecin
• Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw

Portugal

• National Natural History Museum and Science Museum, Lisbon University
• Department of Physics, FCT, University of Coimbra

Romania

• "Vasile Alecsandri" National College in Galați (length: 9,92m; weight: 8 kg)
• A. T. Laurian National College in Botoșani (length: 17,5m; weight: 25,6 kg)
• Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași (length: 19,6m; weight: 28 kg; with electromagnetic drive unit)

Russia

• Moscow Planetarium
• Novosibirsk Planetarium
• Penza Planetarium
• Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg (pendulum length was 98 m; removed in 1990s)
• Saint Petersburg Planetarium (length: 8 m)
• Smolensk Planetarium (length: 12 m)
• Volgograd Planetarium
• Institute of Geology Komi Sci. Center Ural Div. RAS, Syktyvkar (length: 17 m)

Serbia

• State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar (length 17m, weight 28 kg)

Spain

• Hall of the Faculties of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona - Length: 7 m, weight: 20 kg
• Parque de las Ciencias, Granada
• Cosmocaixa Museum, Alcobendas, Madrid
• Facultad de Física, Universidad de Salamanca
• CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya
• "Villanueva" Building, National Astronomical Observatory, Madrid
• Pabellón de la Energía Viva, Seville
• Casa de las Ciencias, A Coruña - Length: 14 m, weight: 125 kg
• Museu de les Arts i les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Valencia - Length: 34 m

Sweden

• Technical Museum, Stockholm
• Xperimenthuset, Lokstallarna, Växjö - Weight: 32 kg
• Carlsunds utbildningscentrum, Motala,Sweden
• Sandvikens Gymnasieskola, Sandviken Weight: 63 kg, Length: 9 m
• Fysikaliska Leksaker, Chalmers, Göteborg.

Switzerland

• Centro Professionale Biasca - Length: 15 m, weight: 102 kg
• Naturmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn
• Gymnasium Oberwil, Basel-Land
• Lycée cantonal de Porrentruy, Porrentruy, Jura

Ukraine

• Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, length: 22 m, weight: 43 kg

United Kingdom

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Science Museum, London

• The Devonshire Dome, University of Derby, Buxton (Not a permanent feature - May be removed for special events.)
• The Grange School, Cheshire
• Science Faculty, Uppingham School, Rutland. Length 11.5m.
• University of Liverpool Chemistry Department. Length 7.9m. Period 5.6s.
• Science Museum, London. Length 22.45m. Period 9.5s.
• Manchester Conference Centre
• Harris Museum Preston
• Cattermole Building, Kesteven and Sleaford High School, Sleaford
• HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol (Currently removed; may be reinstalled)
• University of Warwick, Coventry
• Atrium of Thames House, headquarters of the British Security Service, in acknowledgement of Umberto Eco's "conspiracy" novel Foucault's Pendulum.
• Princes Square shopping centre, Glasgow.

Africa

South Africa

• Giyani Science Centre, Giyani, Limpopo Province
• Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria
• Natural Science Museum, Albany Museum Complex, Grahamstown
• Heritage Garden, Stellenbosch
• University Of Natal (Durban, Science Center Building)

Tunisia

• Cité des Sciences de Tunis

Asia

China

• Beijing Planetarium,Beijing

India

• B. M. Birla Planetarium and Science Museum, Jaipur
• Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University
• Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
• Subir Raha Oil Museum, Tel Bhavan, ONGC, Dehradun
• Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Regional Science Centre, Near New Alipiri Gate, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
• Science Centre, Surat
• Regional Science Centre, Pilikula, Near Manglore, Karnataka

Iran

• University of Isfahan, Isfahan
• Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Israel

• Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva
• Gitam/BBDO Ltd, Ramat Gan
• Givatayim Observatory, Givatayim
• Weizman Institute, Rehovot

Japan

• National Science Museum of Japan, Tokyo
• Fukusai-ji (Fukusai Temple), or Nagasaki Kannon Universal Temple, Nagasaki
• Katsushika City Museum, Tokyo
• Tokyo DisneySea (in the Pendulum Room inside Fortress Explorations), Chiba
• Nagoya City Science Museum, Aichi
• Himeji City Science Museum, Himeji, Kobe
• Kyoto Youth Science Centre, Fuji-no-Mori, Kyoto

Pakistan

• Museum of Science and Technology, Lahore

Thailand

• Khonkaen University, Bangkok

Turkey

• Bilkent University- Faculty of Science, Physics Department, Ankara
• EGE University, Izmir

North America

Alphabetic by state or province, then place.

Canada

Province	City	Location	Length	Mass	Period
Alberta	Calgary	Telus Spark
	Edmonton	Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Alberta	23.4 m	29.7 kg	9.7 s
British Columbia	Vancouver	University of British Columbia
Manitoba	Winnipeg	University of Winnipeg
Ontario	Aurora	McLaughlin Hall, St. Andrew's College
	Guelph	Physics Department, University of Guelph
	Kingston	Stirling Hall, Queen's University
	Ottawa	Herzberg Building, Carleton University
	Toronto	Ontario Science Centre
Quebec	Chicoutimi	Cégep de Chicoutimi
	Montreal	Collège de Maisonneuve
	Montreal	École de technologie supérieure
	Montreal	Roger-Gaudry Pavilion, Université de Montréal	8 m	10 kg

Mexico

• Querétaro Museum of Science and Technology, Santiago de Querétaro,

United States

State/province	City	Location	Length	Mass	Period
Alabama	Auburn	Auburn University
	Birmingham	Samford University
Alaska	Anchorage	University of Alaska, Consortium Library	52 ft (15.8 m)	240 lb (108.8 kg)
Arizona	Tempe	Arizona State University, Bateman Physical Sciences Center	70.5 ft (21.5 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	9.3 s
Arkansas	Conway	Hendrix College
California	Bakersfield	California State University Bakersfield Physics Center
	Fresno	Fresno Pacific University
	Long Beach	Sunnyside Mausoleum, Forest Lawn
	Los Angeles	Griffith Observatory	40 ft (12.2 m)	240 lb (108.8 kg)
	Los Angeles	Occidental College
	Modesto	Modesto Junior College-Science Community Center	42 ft	250 lbs
	Monterey	Naval Postgraduate School
	Napa	Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
	Pleasant Hill	Diablo Valley College
	Riverside	UC Riverside Physics Department
	Salinas	Hartnell College
	San Diego	San Diego Natural History Museum	12.4 m (est.)	235 lb (106.6 kg)	7 s (estimate)
	San Francisco	California Academy of Sciences	30 ft (9.14 m)	235 lb (106.6 kg)
	San Francisco	Rigel Pharmaceuticals
	San Jose	Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium
	San Jose	The Harker School
	Santa Barbara	Museum of Natural History			Currently inoperable
	Santa Paula	Thomas Aquinas College
Colorado	Alamosa	Adams State College
	Boulder	CU Boulder, Gamow Physics Tower	128.9 ft (39.3 m)	367 lb (166 kg)	12.6 s
	Colorado Springs	UCCS, Osborne Center for Science and Engineering
	Denver	Denver Building
	Fort Collins	Colorado State University
	Golden	Colorado School of Mines
Connecticut	Avon	Avon Old Farms School
	Greenwich	Greenwich High School
	Hartford	The Children's Museum
	Meriden	Thomas Edison Middle School
	Wallingford	Choate Rosemary Hall Science Center
Florida	Avon Park	South Florida Community College
	Cocoa	Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science
	Jacksonville	Museum of Science & History
	Miami	Miami Dade Junior College
	Orlando	John Young Museum
	Orlando	University of Central Florida, Mathematical Sciences Building
	Tallahassee	Florida State University
	Tampa	University of South Florida, Interdisciplinary Science Building
Georgia	Cartersville	Tellus Science Museum
	Mount Berry	Berry College
Idaho	Boise	Discovery Center of Idaho
Illinois	Batavia	Robert Rathbun Wilson Hall, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
	Chicago	Museum of Science and Industry	20 m	300 kg	8.98 s
	Wheaton	Wheaton College
Indiana	Indianapolis	Indiana State College
	Indianapolis	Indiana State Museum
Iowa	Des Moines	Science Center of Iowa Building	19 m	118 kg
Kansas	Hays	Fort Hays State University
	Wichita	Exploration Place
Kentucky	Berea	Berea College
	Danville	Centre College
	Georgetown	Georgetown College
	Highland Heights	Northern Kentucky University
	Lexington	Lexington Public Library
	Louisville	Kentucky Science Center
	Louisville	Museum of Natural History
	Louisville	University of Louisville	72 ft (22.0 m)		9.4 +/- 0.05 s
Louisiana	Shreveport	Sci-Port Discovery Center	32 ft (9.7 m)	113 kg (250 lb)
Maine	Portland	University of Southern Maine
Maryland	Annapolis	St. John's College
	Colora	West Nottingham Academy
	Frostburg	Frostburg State University
	Severna Park	Severn School
Massachusetts	Boston	Museum of Science
	Lexington	MIT Lincoln Laboratory	52 ft (15.8 m)
	Northampton	Smith College
	Osterville	Cape Cod Academy
	Springfield	Springfield Science Museum
Michigan	Alpena	Jesse Besser Museum
	Detroit	Detroit Science Center
	Grand Haven	Grand Haven High School
	Grand Rapids	Steelcase Corporate Development Center
	Midland	Midland Center for the Arts
Minnesota	Collegeville	St. John's University
	Minneapolis	The Blake School
	St. Paul	Macalester College
Missouri	Sullivan	Meramec Caverns			Inoperable due to insufficient mass
Montana	Billings	First Citizens Bank
Nebraska	Kearney	University of Nebraska at Kearney
Nevada	Las Vegas	Las Vegas Public Library
	Las Vegas	Lied Discovery Children's Museum
	Reno	University of Nevada, Reno, Schulich Lecture Hall
New Hampshire	Bedford	Dean Kamen's house
	Hanover	Dartmouth College
New Jersey	Morristown	Delbarton School
New Mexico	Albuquerque	Albuquerque Academy
New York	Bronx	Montefiore Medical Center
	Buffalo	Buffalo Museum of Science	75 ft (22.9 m)	100 lb (45 kg)
	Geneseo	State University of New York at Geneseo	52 ft (15.8 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	8.0 s
	Ithaca	Cornell University, Rockefeller Hall
	New York City	United Nations Building	75 ft (22.9 m)	200 lb (91 kg)
North Carolina	Fayetteville	Fayetteville State University
	Greensboro	Greensboro Science Center
	Greensboro	NC A & T State University
	Winston-Salem	SciWorks
Ohio	Canton	William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum
	Cincinnati	Xavier University
	Cleveland	Cleveland Museum of Natural History
	Cleveland	Cleveland State University, Fenn Tower			currently inoperable
	Columbus	COSI Columbus
	Dayton	University of Dayton
	Oxford	Miami University, Culler Hall
	Portsmouth	Shawnee State University
Oklahoma	Edmond	University of Central Oklahoma, Howell Hall
	Norman	University of Oklahoma, Nielsen Physics Building
	Oklahoma City	Science Museum Oklahoma
Oregon	Portland	Oregon Convention Center	27 m	900 lb (408 kg)
Pennsylvania	Cheyney	Cheyney State Museum
	Clarion, Pennsylvania	Clarion University			Currently Inoperable
	Edinboro	Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
	Kutztown	Kutztown University
	Mechanicsburg	Messiah Village's Community Room	55 ft (16.8 m)	350 lb (159 kg)	8.2 s
	Millersville	Millersville University of Pennsylvania
	Philadelphia	Franklin Institute	85 ft (27 m)	80 kg	10 s
	Pittsburgh	Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
		Duquesne University	24 ft (7.3 m)	18 lb (8.2 kg)
	Shippensburg	Shippensburg State College
South Carolina	Clemson	Clemson University, Kinard Laboratory of Physics
Tennessee	Collegedale	Southern Adventist University, Hickman Science Center
	Nashville	Adventure Science Center
Texas	Austin	Science Engineering Comp
	Austin	University of Texas at Austin, DEV Building
	College Station	Texas A&M University, George P. Mitchell Physics Building	85 ft (26 m)	235 lb	10.23 s
	College Station	Texas A&M University, Zachry Engineering Center (removed; year unknown)
	Dallas	Centura Towers	52 ft (15.8 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	8.0 s
	Houston	Houston Museum of Natural Science
Utah	Orem	Utah Valley University
	Provo	Brigham Young University, Eyring Science Center	47 ft (14.32 m)
	Salt Lake City	Clark Planetarium
Virginia	Richmond	Science Museum of Virginia
	Richmond	University of Richmond, Gottwald Science Center
Washington	Ellensburg	Central Washington University	34 ft (10.5 m)
	Seattle	University of Washington			7.8 s
	Spokane	Spokane Falls Community College
	Tacoma	Harned Hall, University of Puget Sound
Washington, D.C.		Museum of History and Technology. Smithsonian Institution (1964–1998)	52 ft (16 m)	108 kg
		National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (removed permanently 2008)	21 m	105 kg
Wisconsin	Stevens Point	University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Wyoming	Rock Springs	Western Wyoming Community College
	Sheridan	Sheridan College (Wyoming)
	Casper	Casper College

Central and South America

• Centro de Estudios Científicos, Costanera de la Ciencia, Valdivia, Chile
• Colegio San Francisco Javier, Puerto Montt, Chile
• Physics Department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
• School of Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Length: 27.35 m. Period: 10.4 secs)
• Museum of Science and Technology, Engineering School, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Museu do Universo at the planetarium of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Central Library of the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela
• Teatro Argentino de La Plata in La Plata, Argentina

Australia

• Foucault pendulum, School of Physics, University of New South Wales
• Questacon National Science Exhibition, Canberra
• Gravity Discovery Centre Military Rd, Gingin, Western Australia
• School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
• School of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
• School of Physics, Bragg Building, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia.
• Queensland Museum Sciencentre, Brisbane, Queensland
• School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart.

New Zealand

• College of Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Antarctica

• South Pole, Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, in the cylindrical stairwell "beer can" - Length: 33 m, weight: 25 kg, quickest turning Foucault pendulum on earths land, not driven.