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by aidenn0 2243 days ago
TIL the smithsonian removed it's Foucault pendulum in 1998 (right about when I moved away from the DC area). It was about 15 meters long and quite impressive; they had little pins setup that it would knock down, so you could look at when you arrived in the museum and see the difference when you left.
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The Oregon Convention Center has one, watched it every O'Reilly Open Source Conference that was in Portland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p7P0DQvp0g

If you’re ever in the Bay, the California Academy of Sciences has one (although it’s probably one of the more boring exhibits there).