List of Foucault pendula

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This is a list of Foucault pendula in the world:

Contents 1 Europe 1.1 Austria 1.2 Bulgaria 1.3 Czech Republic 1.4 Denmark 1.5 Finland 1.6 France 1.7 Germany 1.8 Israel 1.9 Italy 1.10 Luxembourg 1.11 Norway 1.12 Poland 1.13 Portugal 1.14 Russia 1.15 Spain 1.16 Sweden 1.17 Switzerland 1.18 Turkey 1.19 United Kingdom 2 Africa 3 Asia 4 North America 4.1 Canada 4.2 United States 5 Central and South America 6 Australasia 7 Antarctica

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

• Technical Museum, Vienna, Austria

[edit] Bulgaria

• Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium "Nicolaus Copernicus" [1][2], Varna, Bulgaria - Length: 14.4 m

[edit] Czech Republic

• Observatory and Planetarium Hradec Kralove [3], Czech Republic, Hradec Kralove - Length: 10 m, weight: 8.5 kg
• Czech Technical University [4], Czech Republic, Prague - Length: 21 m, weight: 34 kg

[edit] Denmark

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

[edit] Finland

• Eurajoki, Finland - Length: 40 m, weight: 110 kg
• Finnish Science Centre Heureka in Vantaa, Finland
• The watertower of Kuusamo, Finland

[edit] France

• The Pantheon, Paris, France - Length: 220 ft (67 m) weight: 28 kg

[edit] Germany

• German Museum of Technology [5], Berlin, Germany
• University of Bremen, Germany
• University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg[6], Hamburg, Germany
• School for Business and Technique, Mainz, Germany
• Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany - Length: 30 m, weight: 30 kg
• Osnabrück University [7], Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany - Length: 19.5 m, weight: 70 kg
• Gymnasium of the city Lennestadt, North Rhine Westfalia, Germany - Length: 11 m, weight: 50 kg, period: 6.7 s

[edit] Israel

• Gitam/BBDO Ltd, Ramat Gan, Israel

[edit] Italy

• San Petronio Basilica, Bologna, Italy
• Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy

[edit] Luxembourg

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

[edit] Norway

• Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway [8]
• Realfagbygget, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Norway

[edit] Poland

• Nicolaus Copernicus Museum [9], Frombork, Poland - Length: 28 m, weight: 46.5 kg
• St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Krackow, Poland - Length: 46.5 m, weight: 25 kg
• Polytechnic, Gdansk - Length: 26 m, weight: 64 kg
• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
• Copernicus Centre, Warsaw, Poland (under construction 2006)

[edit] Portugal

• National Natural History Museum and Science Museum, Lisbon University, Portugal

[edit] Russia

• St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia

[edit] Spain

• Hall of the Faculties of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain - Length: 7 m, weight: 20 kg
• Parque de las Ciencias [10], Granada, Spain
• Cosmocaixa Museum, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
• Cosmocaixa Museum, Barcelona, Madrid, Spain
• "Villanueva" Building, National Astronomical Observatory, Madrid, Spain
• Pabellón de la Energía Viva [11], Seville, Spain
• Science Museum, Valencia, Spain

[edit] Sweden

• Xperiment Huset [12], Lokstallarna, VÄXJÖ, Sweden - Weight: 32 kg
• Technical Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

[edit] Switzerland

• Centro Professionale Biasca, Switzerland [13] - Length: 15 m, weight: 102 kg
• Naturmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland

[edit] Turkey

• Bilkent University- Faculty of Science, Physics Department, Ankara, Turkey. [14]
• EGE University, Izmir, Turkey

[edit] United Kingdom

• University of Derby, Buxton, UK
• The Grange School [15], Cheshire, UK
• Princes Square Shopping Centre, Glasgow, UK
• Science Museum [16], London, UK
• University of Manchester Conference Centre [17], UK
• Harris Museum[18], Preston, UK

[edit] Africa

• Giyani Science Centre, Giyani, Limpopo Province, South Africa
• Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Natural Science Museum, Albany Museum Complex, Grahamstown, South Africa
• Heritage Garden, Stellenbosch, South Africa

[edit] Asia

• Fukusai-ji (Fukusai Temple), or Nagasaki Kannon Universal Temple, Nagasaki, Japan
• Museum of Science and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
• Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University [19], India
• Khonkaen University, Bangkok, Thailand
• Katsushika Planetarium, Tokyo, Japan
• Tokyo DisneySea (in a room inside Fortress Expeditions), Chiba, Japan
• Hyogo Planetarium, Hineji, Japan
• Kyoto Youth Science Centre, Fuji-no-Mori, Kyoto, Japan
• Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, [20], Pune, India
• Isfahan university,Isfahan,Iran
• Tel Bhavan, ONGC, Dehradun, India

[edit] North America

Alphabetic by state or province, then place.

[edit] Canada

Province	City	Location	Length	Weight	Period
British Columbia	Vancouver	University of British Columbia
Manitoba	Winnipeg	Univeristy of Winnipeg
Ontario	Kingston	Stirling Hall, Queen's University
Quebec	Montreal	Collège de Maisonneuve

[edit] United States

State/province	City	Location	Length	Weight	Period
Alabama	Birmingham	Samford University
Alaska	Anchorage	Consortium Library, University of Alaska
Arkansas	Conway	Hendrix College
Arizona	Tempe	Arizona State University, Bateman Physical Sciences Center, F-wing	160 ft (48.7 m)	240 lb (90 kg)	9.4 seconds
California	San Francisco	California Academy of Sciences
	Concord	Diablo Valley College
	Fresno	Fresno State University
	Mountain View	Foothill College
	Los Angeles	Griffith Observatory	40 ft (12.2 m)	240 lb (108.8 kg)
	Salinas	Hartnell College
	Santa Barbara	Museum of Natural History
	Los Angeles	Occidental College
	San Francisco	Rigel Pharmaceuticals
	San Diego	San Diego Natural History Museum
	Napa	Staggs Leap Wine Cellars
	Santa Paula	Thomas Aquinas College
Colorado	Alamosa	Adams State College
	Denver	Denver Building
	Fort Collins	Colorado State University
	Golden	Colorado School of Mines
CN	Bloomfield	Choate College
Connecticut	Avon	Avon Old Farms School
	Greenwich	Greenwich High School
	Meriden	Thomas Edison Middle School
Florida	Avon Park	South Florida Community College
	Cocoa	The Brevard Museum
	Tallahassee	Florida State University
	Orlando	John Young Museum
	Orlando	University of Central Florida
	Miami	Miami Dade Junior College
	Midland	Midland Centre for the Arts
	Jacksonville	Museum of Science and History
Tampa	University of South Florida
Georgia	Mount Berry	Berry College
Illinois	Chicago	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
	Chicago	Museum of Science and Industry	20 m	300 kg
Indiana	Indianapolis	Indiana State Museum
	Indianapolis	Indiana State College
Iowa	Des Moines	Science Center of Iowa Building	19 m	118 kg
Kansas	Hayes	Fort Hayes Community College
Kentucky	Berea	Berea College
	Danville	Centre College
	Georgetown	Georgetown College
	Lexington	Lexington Library
	Louisville	Museum of Natural History
	Louisville	University of Louisville
	Highland Heights	Northern Kentucky University
Louisiana	Shreveport	Sci-Port Discovery Center	32 ft (9.7 m)	113 kg (250 lb)
Massachusetts	Boston	Museum of Science
	Northampton	Smith College
	Springfield	Springfield Science Museum
Maryland	Annapolis	St. John's College
	Frostburg	Frostburg University
	Seern Park	Severn School
	Colora	West Nottingham Academy
Minnesota	Hopkins	Blake School
	St. Paul	Macalester College
	Collegeville	St. John's University
Montana	Billings	First Citizens Bank
Nevada	Las Vegas	Las Vegas Public Library
	Las Vegas	Lied Discovery Children's Museum
New Hampshire	Hanover	Dartmouth College
New Mexico	Albuquerque	Albuquerque Academy
New Jersey	Morristown	Delbarton School
New York	Geneseo	State University of New York at Geneseo
	Bronx	Montefiore Medical Center
	New York City	United Nations Building	75 ft (22.9 m)
North Carolina	Greensboro	NC A & T State University
	Fayetteville	Fayetteville University
	University of Louisville	Grawemeyer Hall	72 ft (25 m)	59 kg (130 lb)	9.4 seconds
	Louisville	Museum of Natural History & Science
	Greensboro	Natural Science Center
Ohio	Columbus	COSI
	Portsmouth	Shawnee State University
	Dayton	University of Dayton
	Cincinnati	Xavier University
	Cleveland	Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland	Cleveland State University, Fenn Tower			currently in-operable
Oklahoma	Norman	University of Oklahoma, Nielsen Physics Building
	Oklahoma City	Kirkpatrick Center Museum Complex
	Oklahoma City	Omniplex Science Centre
Oregon	Portland	Oregon Convention Center	27 m	900 lb (408 kg)
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science
	Cheyney	Cheyney State Museum
	Clarion, Pennsylvania	Clarion St. College
	Edinboro	Edinboro State College
	Mechanicsburg	Messiah Village's Community Room	55 ft (16.8 m)	350 lb (159 kg)	8.2 seconds
	Philadelphia	Franklin Institute	85 ft (27 m)	80 kg	10 seconds
	Knutstown	Knutstown College
	Des Moines	Museum of Science and History
	Shippenburg	Shippensburg State College
Tennessee	Nashville	Cumberland Science Museum
Texas	Houston	Houston Museum of Natural Science
	College Station	Texas A&M University
	Dallas	Centura Towers
	Austin	Science Engineering Comp
Utah	Orem	Utah Valley State College
	Provo	Brigham Young University
	Salt Lake City	Planetarium Building
Virginia	Richmond	Science Museum of Virginia
	Richmond	University of Richmond
Washington	Spokane	Spokane Falls Community College
	Tacoma	Harned Hall, University of Puget Sound
	Seattle	University of Washington
Washington, D.C.		Smithsonian Institute (removed temporarily 1998)	52 ft (16 m)	108 kg
		National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute	21 m	105 kg
Wisconsin	Stevens Point	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Wyoming	Sheridan	Sheridan College
	Rock Springs	Western Wyoming College

[edit] Central and South America

• College of Agriculture, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
• Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, [21], Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Museum of Science and Technology, Engineering School, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

[edit] Australasia

• University of New South Wales
• Questacon National Science Exhibition, Canberra
• Gravity Discovery Centre [22], Military Rd, Gingin, Western Australia
• School of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• School of Physics, Bragg Building,University of Adelaide, North Terrace,South Australia.

[edit] Antarctica

• South Pole [23] - Length: 33 m, weight: 25 kg