List of Foucault pendulums
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This is a list of Foucault pendulums in the world:

Europe

Austria
- Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna
- St. Ruprecht an der Raab, Styria, erected in 2001 at Hauptplatz, moved 2016 to 10, Untere Hauptstrasse in a slim stainless steel pyramid, 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.[1][2][3]
Belarus
Belgium
- Volkssterrenwacht Mira, Grimbergen
- Technopolis, Mechelen
- Festraetsstudio, Sint-Truiden
- UGent-volkssterrenwacht Armand Pien[5] Ghent
Bulgaria
- Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium "Nicolaus Copernicus",[6] Varna - Length: 14.4 m
Czech Republic
- Observatory and Planetarium Hradec Králové,[7] Hradec Králové - Length: 10 m, weight: 8.5 kg
- Czech Technical University,[8] Prague - Length: 21 m, weight: 34 kg
- Rotunda in Castle Flower Garden,[9] Kroměříž - 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 (parameters: 16.76 m; 75 kg; 7.8 s; 2.0 m; 28 h 6 min; November 6, 1999)[10]
Finland
France
City | Location | Length | Mass | Period | Latitude | Pendulum day |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris | Panthéon | 220 ft (67 m) | 28 kg | 16.5 sec | 48°52' N | 31 hours 50 minutes |
Paris | Musée des Arts et Métiers[11] | 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 | |
Grenoble | Centre de sciences Cosmocité | 49.5 ft (15.08 m) | 25 kg | 7.8 sec | 45°07' N | 33 hours 47 minutes |
Germany
- Dynamikum Science Center , Pirmasens
- Jahrtausendturm,[12] Magdeburg
- Gymnasium Lünen-Altlünen, Lünen
- Gymnasium Verl, Verl
- German Museum of Technology,[13] Berlin
- University of Bremen
- University of Heidelberg,[14] currently the only pendulum with a live web cam
- Helmholtz-Gymnasium Heidelberg
- Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg,[15] Hamburg
- School for Business and Technique, Mainz[citation needed]
- Deutsches Museum, Munich - Length: 30 m, weight: 30 kg
- University of Munich, Geophysics – Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 20 m, 12 kg, live webcam,[16] description[17]
- Münster, 48 kg, 29 m, with mirrors, Zwei Graue Doppelspiegel für ein Pendel by artist Gerhard Richter in a former church, opened 17 June 2018[18]
- University of Osnabrück,[19] 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 - N library
- University of Regensburg Physics Building PHY9, 18 m, stainless steel sphere diameter 0.12 m, electromagnetic drive, Charron ring 0.8 m below attachment.
- University of Rostock
- University of Greifswald
- Astronomisch physikalisches Kabinett, Kassel
- University of Göttingen, Physics department
- University of Wuppertal[20]
Hungary
- Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, in one of the Lágymányosi buildings
- Mures-Breda castle
Iceland
- Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Reykjavík power distributor, Reykjavík
Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica (LIVE), Università degli Studi di Cagliari
- San Petronio Basilica, Bologna
- Palazzo della Ragione, Padua https://www.labtrek.it/foucault-pendulum/
- 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
- Liceo Scientifico Angelo Messedaglia, Verona
Latvia
- Riga TV Tower - Within proposed renovations of the TV Tower, the intention is to build the world's largest Foucault pendulum with a weight of 500 kg and a length of over 70m. The construction was set to begin in the second half of 2019.[21]
Liechtenstein
- In the staircase of the national Gymnasium Vaduz, combined with an artwork by Ferdinand Gehr Drehung der Erde in ihrer Schlichtheit sichtbar
Lithuania
- Vilnius University - weight 34 kg, length 35 m (built in the 17th century belfry of Sts. Johns' Church of Vilnius University in 2011)[22]
Luxembourg
- University of Luxembourg - Length: 16 m, weight 32 kg
Moldova
- Technical University of Moldova, Chişinău - Length: 19 m, Weight 155 kg (2006 - 1851 = 155)
Netherlands
Norway
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo[25] 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"
- Borgarsyssel Museum, Sarpsborg Weight: ca 20 kg Length: 7,3 m
Poland
- Nicolaus Copernicus Museum[26] 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
- Centre for Science and Technology, Łódź - Length: 36 m, weight: around 100 kg
- Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
- Pomeranian Dukes' Castle, Szczecin
- Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw
- Physics Building, University of Białystok, Białystok
- Center for Modernity, Mill of Knowledge, Toruń - Length: 33 m, weight: 35 kg
Portugal
- National Natural History Museum and Science Museum, Lisbon University
- Department of Physics, FCT, University of Coimbra
- Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Parque das Nações, Lisbon
- Centro Ciência Viva de Estremoz
Romania
- The oldest Foucault Pendulum in Romania is located in pavilion B of the University of Oradea. It was installed in 1964 by Prof. Coriolan Rus, the then dean of the Faculty of Mathematics - Physics. (length: 14m; weight: 60 kg)
- "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 (14.5 m,[27] 31.7 kg[28])
- Penza Planetarium[29]
- 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)[30]
- Volgograd Planetarium[31]
- Institute of Geology Komi Sci. Center Ural Div. RAS, Syktyvkar (length: 17 m)[32]
- Murmansk Regional Universal Scientific Library (length: 21 m; weight: 32 kg)
Serbia
- State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar (length 17 m, weight 28 kg)
- Physics Laboratory Center of Technical Science Faculties of the University of Belgrade (length 9 m, weight 30 kg)[33]
Spain
- Hall of the Faculties of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona - Length: 7 m, weight: 20 kg
- Parque de las Ciencias,[34] 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,[35] Seville
- Casa de las Ciencias,[36] A Coruña - Length: 14 m, weight: 125 kg
- Museu de les Arts i les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Valencia - Length: 30 m[37]
- Hall of Faculty of Physics, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela
Sweden
- Xperimenthuset,[38] Lokstallarna, Växjö - Weight: 32 kg
- Carlsunds utbildningscentrum, Motala, Sweden[39] Weight: 13 kg, Length: 6 m, Theoretical pendulum day: 28h 3 min, Measured pendulum day: 26h 59 min
- Sandvikens Gymnasieskola, Sandviken Weight: 63 kg, Length: 9 m
- Fysikaliska Leksaker, Chalmers, Göteborg
- Ångströmslaboratoriet, Uppsala, 28.3 m
- E.ON corporate office, Malmö. Weight: circa 900 kg[40]
Switzerland
- Centro Professionale Biasca[41] - Length: 15 m, weight: 102 kg
- Naturmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn
- Gymnasium Oberwil, Basel-Land
- Lycée cantonal de Porrentruy, Porrentruy, Jura
- Café de la Grenette, Sion. Length: 19 centimeters, weight: 1.4 kilos
Ukraine
- Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, length: 22 m, weight: 43 kg[42]
United Kingdom

- The Devonshire Dome, University of Derby, Buxton (Not a permanent feature - May be removed for special events.)[43]
- The Grange School,[44] 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.[45]
- Harris Museum, Preston[46]
- Cattermole Building, Kesteven and Sleaford High School, Sleaford[47]
- 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[48]
- Princes Square shopping centre, Glasgow[49] (Not operating)
- University of Strathclyde, St Paul's Building, John Street, Glasgow. Length 4.359m. Bob mass 2.525 kg. Period 4.187s. Runs under forced excitation as part of an experiment in gravitation.[50][51]
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
Asia
China
- Beijing Planetarium, Beijing
- Guangdong Science Center, Guangzhou
India
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata.
- Science City, Kolkata.
- B. M. Birla Planetarium and Science Museum, Jaipur
- New Parliament Building, New Delhi
- Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University[52]
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics,[53] Pune
- Subir Raha Oil Museum, Tel Bhavan, ONGC,[54] 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
Israel
- BGU, Beer Sheva
- Gitam/BBDO Ltd, Ramat Gan
- Givatayim Observatory, Givatayim
- Weizmann Institute, Rehovot
Japan
- National Science Museum of Japan, Tokyo
- Fukusai-ji (Fukusai Temple), or Nagasaki Kannon Universal Temple, Nagasaki
- Katsushika City Museum, Tokyo[55]
- Tokyo DisneySea (in the Pendulum Room inside Fortress Explorations), Chiba
- Nagoya City Science Museum, Aichi[56]
- Himeji City Science Museum, Himeji, Kobe[57]
- Kyoto Youth Science Centre, Fuji-no-Mori, Kyoto
- Sapporo City Youth Science Center, Sapporo[58]
Kuwait
- Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait City (Length: 36.5m)
Pakistan
Thailand
- Khonkaen University, Khon Kaen
- AstroPark, Chiang Mai
Turkey
- Bilkent University- Faculty of Science, Physics Department, Ankara[59]
- EGE University, Izmir
North America
Summarize
Perspective
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 | Hebb bldg, University of British Columbia | |||
Manitoba | Winnipeg | University of Winnipeg | |||
Ontario | Aurora | McLaughlin Hall, St. Andrew's College | |||
Guelph | Physics Department, University of Guelph[60] | ||||
Kingston | Stirling Hall, Queen's University | ||||
Ottawa | Herzberg Building, Carleton University | 16.7640 m | 104.78 kg | 8 s[61] | |
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
State | City | Location | Length | Mass | Period |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Querétaro | Querétaro City | Centro Cultural Manuel Gomez Morin, Museum of Science and Technology[62] | 28 m | 280 kg | 9.3 s |
United States
Central and South America
Argentina
- School of Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires,[99] Buenos Aires, Argentina (Length: 27.35 m. Period: 10.4 secs)
- Museum of Science and Technology,[100] Engineering School,[101] University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Teatro Argentino de La Plata in La Plata, Argentina
Brazil
- Museu do Universo at the planetarium of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- PUCRS Museum of Science and Technology, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Chile
- Centro de Estudios Científicos, Costanera de la Ciencia, Valdivia, Chile
- Colegio San Francisco Javier,[102] Puerto Montt, Chile
- Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences,[103] University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Colombia
Puerto Rico
- Physics Department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez,[104] Puerto Rico
Venezuela
- Central Library of the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela
Australasia
Australia
- Foucault pendulum,[105] School of Physics, University of New South Wales
- Questacon National Science Exhibition, Canberra
- Gravity Discovery Centre[106] Military Rd, Gingin, Western Australia
- School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
- School of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
- School of Physics, in the foyer of the Darling West building (previously named Bragg building), University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia.
- Queensland Museum Sciencentre,[107] Brisbane, Queensland
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart.
- Rosebank College, Five Dock, New South Wales.
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"[108] - Length: 33 m, weight: 25 kg, quickest turning Foucault pendulum on earths land, not driven.
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