List of Foucault pendulums


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.

Belarus

Belgium

Bulgaria

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

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

CityLocationLength
Mass
Period
Latitude
Pendulum day
ParisPanthéon220 ft 28 kg16.5 sec48°52' N31 hours 50 minutes
ParisMusée des Arts et Métiers28 kg48°52' N31 hours 50 minutes
Besançon13.11 m7.3 sec47°08' N32 hours 43 minutes
Grenoble49.5 ft 25 kg7.8 sec45°07' N33 hours 47 minutes

Germany

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

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.

Liechtenstein

  • In the staircase of the national, combined with an artwork by Ferdinand Gehr

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Moldova

Netherlands

Norway

  • Department of Physics, University of Oslo Weight: 32kg, Length: 14.1m
  • Realfagbygget, NTNU "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

Portugal

Romania

Russia

  • Moscow Planetarium
  • Novosibirsk Planetarium
  • Penza Planetarium
  • Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
  • Saint Petersburg Planetarium
  • Smolensk Planetarium
  • Volgograd Planetarium
  • Institute of Geology Komi Sci. Center Ural Div. RAS, Syktyvkar
  • Murmansk Regional Universal Scientific Library

Serbia

Spain

Sweden

  • Xperimenthuset, Lokstallarna, Växjö - Weight: 32 kg
  • Carlsunds utbildningscentrum, Motala, Sweden 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

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Africa

South Africa

Tunisia

  • Cité des Sciences de Tunis

Asia

China

India

Iran

Israel

Japan

Kuwait

Pakistan

Thailand

  • Khonkaen University, Khon Kaen
  • AstroPark, Chiang Mai

Turkey

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

North America

Alphabetic by state or province, then place.

Mexico

StateCityLocationLengthMassPeriod
QuerétaroQuerétaro CityCentro Cultural Manuel Gomez Morin, Museum of Science and Technology28 m280 kg9.3 s

Central and South America

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

Australasia

Australia

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.