List of Foucault pendulums

This is a list of Foucault pendulums in the world:

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• 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 State Pedagogic University,^[4] Minsk

• Volkssterrenwacht Mira, Grimbergen
• Technopolis, Mechelen
• Festraetsstudio, Sint-Truiden
• UGent-volkssterrenwacht Armand Pien^[5] Ghent

• Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium "Nicolaus Copernicus",^[6] Varna - Length: 14.4 m

• 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

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

• 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]

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

City	Location	Length ${\displaystyle l\,}$	Mass	Period ${\displaystyle 2\pi {\sqrt {\frac {l}{g}}}}$	Latitude ${\displaystyle \phi \,}$	Pendulum day ${\displaystyle {\frac {23h56'}{\sin \phi }}}$
Paris	Panthéon	220 ft (67 m)	28 kg	16.5 sec	48°52' N	31 hours 50 minutes
Paris	Musée des Arts et Métiers[11]		28 kg		48°52' N	31 hours 50 minutes
Besançon	Musée du Temps [fr]	13.11 m		7.3 sec	47°08' N	32 hours 43 minutes
Grenoble	Centre de sciences Cosmocité [fr]	49.5 ft (15.08 m)	25 kg	7.8 sec	45°07' N	33 hours 47 minutes

• Dynamikum Science Center [de], 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]

• Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, in one of the Lágymányosi buildings
• Mures-Breda castle

• Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Reykjavík power distributor, Reykjavík

• 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

• 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]

• In the staircase of the national Gymnasium Vaduz, combined with an artwork by Ferdinand Gehr Drehung der Erde in ihrer Schlichtheit sichtbar

• Vilnius University - weight 34 kg, length 35 m (built in the 17th century belfry of Sts. Johns' Church of Vilnius University in 2011)^[22]

• University of Luxembourg - Length: 16 m, weight 32 kg

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

• Radboud University Nijmegen^[23]
• Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem^[24]

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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]

• 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

• 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]

• 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

• Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, length: 22 m, weight: 43 kg^[42]

• 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]

• 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)

• Cité des Sciences de Tunis

• Beijing Planetarium, Beijing
• Guangdong Science Center, Guangzhou

• 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

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

• BGU, Beer Sheva
• Gitam/BBDO Ltd, Ramat Gan
• Givatayim Observatory, Givatayim
• Weizmann Institute, Rehovot

• 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 Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait City (Length: 36.5m)

• National Museum of Science and Technology, Lahore

• Khonkaen University, Khon Kaen
• AstroPark, Chiang Mai

• Bilkent University- Faculty of Science, Physics Department, Ankara^[59]
• EGE University, Izmir

Alphabetic by state or province, then place.

• 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

• Museu do Universo at the planetarium of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• PUCRS Museum of Science and Technology, Porto Alegre, Brazil

• 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

• Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi in Bogotá, Colombia.

• Physics Department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez,^[104] Puerto Rico

• Central Library of the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela

• 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.

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

• 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.