List of Foucault pendulums

This is a list of Foucault pendulums in the world:

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

 * 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, 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

Finland

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

Germany

 * Dynamikum Science Center, Pirmasens
 * Jahrtausendturm, Magdeburg
 * Gymnasium Lünen-Altlünen, Lünen
 * Gymnasium Verl, Verl
 * German Museum of Technology, Berlin
 * University of Bremen
 * University of Heidelberg, currently the only pendulum with a live web cam
 * 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 Munich, Geophysics – Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 20 m, 12 kg, live webcam, description
 * 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
 * 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 - 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

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.

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)

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

 * Radboud University Nijmegen
 * Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem

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
 * 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, 31.7 kg )
 * 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)
 * 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)

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: 30 m
 * Hall of Faculty of Physics, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela

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
 * E.ON corporate office, Malmö. Weight: circa 900 kg

Switzerland

 * Centro Professionale Biasca - 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

United Kingdom

 * 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.
 * 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 (Not operating)

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

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
 * 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

 * 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
 * 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
 * Sapporo City Youth Science Center, Sapporo

Pakistan

 * National Museum of Science and Technology, Lahore

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.

Argentina

 * 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
 * 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, Puerto Montt, Chile
 * Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Colombia

 * Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi in Bogotá, Colombia.

Puerto Rico

 * Physics Department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Venezuela

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

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, in the foyer of the Darling West building (previously named Bragg building), University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia.
 * Queensland Museum Sciencentre, 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" - Length: 33 m, weight: 25 kg, quickest turning Foucault pendulum on earths land, not driven.