Academy Pendulum Sales

Specializing in Foucault Pendulum Displays
combining science and art
in a captivating display of beauty and motion

	Sold	Installation	City	State and country
1	1951	California Academy of Sciences	San Francisco	CA, USA
2	1957	San Diego Museum	San Deigo	CA, USA
3	1957	Boston Museum	Boston	MA, USA
4	1957	St. Mary's College (Univ. of Dayton)	Dayton	OH, USA
5	1959	Diablo Valley College	Concord	CA, USA
6	1961	Foothill College	Mountain View	CA, USA
7	1961	Hartnell College (New Bldg. 2017)	Salinas	CA, USA
8	1961	University of Florida	Tampa	FL, USA
9	1961	College of Ishmir	Izmir	Turkey
10	1964	Smithsonian Museum	Washington	DC, USA
11	1964	McAllister College	St. Paul	MN, USA
12	1965	Clarion St. College	Clarion	PA, USA
13	1965	Smith College	Northampton	MA, USA
14	1966	Alpine College	Alpine	MI, USA
15	1966	Knutztown State College	Knutztown	PA, USA
16	1966	Edinboro State College	Edinboro	PA, USA
17	1967	Indiana State College	Indianapolis	IN, USA
18	1967	Planetarium Building	Salt Lake City	UT, USA
19	1968	Denver Museum	Denver	CO, USA
20	1968	Cheyney State Museum	Cheyney	PA, USA
21	1970	Florida Tech. University	Orlando	FL, USA
22	1970	Shippenburg State College	Shippenburg	PA, USA
23	1970	Center of Science & Industry	Des Moines	IA, USA
24	1970	Miami Dade Jr. College	Miami	FL, USA
25	1970	Museum of Science and Tech.	Lahore	Pakistan
26	1971	Midland Center for the Arts	Midland	MI, USA
27	1972	Khonkaen University	Bangkok	Thailand
28	1973	University of Puerto Rico	Mayaguez	Puerto Rico
29	1974	Cambria Savings & Loan	Johnstown	PA, USA
30	1977	Kirkpatrick Center >(Omniplex Ctr.)	Oklahoma	OK, USA
31	1978	John Young Museum	Orlando	FL, USA
32	1978	Arizona State University	Tempe	AZ, USA
33	1978	Museum of Natural History	Louisville	KY, USA
34	1979	N.C. A&T State University	Greensboro	NC, USA
35	1979	University of Richmond	Richmond	VA, USA
36	1981	Fayetteville University	Fayetteville	NC.USA
37	1981	First Citizens Bank	Billings	MT, USA
38	1981	Sheridan College	Sheridan	WY, USA
39	1983	Engineering - Science Co.	Austin	TX, USA
40	1985	Cumberland Museum	Nashville	TN, USA
41	1985	Berea College	Berea	KY, USA
42	1985	Kuwait Fo. for the Adv. of Science	Kuwait City	Kuwait
43	1987	Princes Square Mall	Glasgow	Scotland
44	1988	Western Wyoming College	Rock Springs	WY, USA
45	1988	Center College	Danville	KY, USA
46	1988	Natural Science Center	Greensboro	NC, USA
47	1989	Central Valley College	Orem	UT, USA
48	1989	Choate College	Bloomfield	CT, USA
49	1989	Portland Oregon Convention Ctr.	Portland	OR, USA
50	1990	Science Museum of Virginia	Richmond	VA, USA
51	1990	Savannah Science Museum	Savannah	GA, USA
52	1990	Las Vegas Public Library	Las Vegas	NV, USA
53	1990	Katsushika Planetarium	Tokyo	Japan
54	1990	Spokane Falls Com. College	Spokane	WA, USA
55	1991	Albuquerque Academy	Albuquerque	NM, USA
56	1992	Natural Science Center >(SciWorks)	Winston-Salem	NC, USA
57	1992	Hyogo Planetarium	Hineji	Japan
58	1993	Shawnee State University	Portsmouth	OH, USA
59	1993	Southern Florida Com. College	Orlando	FL, USA
60	1993	Brevard College/Astronaut Planetarium	Cocoa	FL, USA
61	1993	University of Washington	Seattle	WA, USA
62	1994	Houston Museum of Nat. Hist.	Houston	TX, USA
63	1996	Robert Syme (residence)	Medina	OH, USA
64	1996	Morcom Tech. (San Mateo, CA)		Egypt
65	1996	Fort Hays Comm. College	Hays	KS, USA
66	1996	Adams State College	Alamosa	CO, USA
67	1997	St. Johns University	Minneapolis	MN, USA
68	1997	Xavier University	Cinncinnati	OH, USA
69	1997	Gitam/BBDO Ltd.	Ramat-Gan	Israel
70	1999	Center for Science and Industry	Columbus	OH, USA
71	1999	Walt Disney's Imagineering	Tokyo	Japan
72	1999	Stag's Leap Wine Cellars	Napa	CA, USA
73	1999	Thomas Aquinas College	Santa Paul	CA, USA
74	1999	Centura Towers	Dallas	TX, USA
75	2000	Hendrix College	Conway	AR, USA
76	2000	Berry College	Mt. Berry	GA, USA
77	2000	Thomas Edison Middle School	Meriden	CT, USA
78	2001	Samford University	Birmingham	AL, USA
79	2001	Montefiore Medical Ctr.	Bronx	NY, USA
80	2001	Lexington Public Library	Lexington	KY, USA
81	2002	Avon Old Farm School	Avon	CT, USA
82	2002	Fresno Pacific University	Fresno	CA, USA
83	2002	Severn Middle School	Severn Park	MD, USA
84	2003	Rigel Pharm. > (Calico Life Sciences)	So. San Francisco	CA, USA
85	2003	Frostburg State University	Frostburg	MD, USA
86	2003	Occidental College	Los Angeles	CA, USA
87	2003	Northern Kentucky Univ.	Highland Heights	KY, USA
88	2003	West Nottingham Academy	Colora	MD, US
89	2003	University of Alaska	Anchorage	AK, USA
90	2003	Univ. of Oklahoma	Norman	OK, USA
91	2003	Cape Cod Academy	Osterville	MA, USA
92	2003	Cal St. Univ. Sacramento	Sacramento	CA, USA
93	2004	MOSH (Museum of Sci. & Hist.)	Jacksonville	FL, USA
94	2004	The Blake School	Hopkins	MN, USA
95	2005	SCIOWA (Sci. Ctr. of Iowa)	Des Moines	IA, USA
96	2006	Sci-port Discovery Center	Shreveport	LA, USA
		Mark 2 pendulums
97	2006	State Univ. of N.Y. at Geneseo	Geneseo	NY, USA
98	2006	Ben-Guiron Univ. of the Negev	Beer-Sheva	Israel
99	2006	Discovery Canyon Library	Colorado Springs	CO, USA
100	2006	Sci. & Tech. Magnet School	New London	CT, USA
101	2006	Radbound Universiteit Nijmegen	Nijmegen	Netherlands
102	2007	Exploration Place	Wichita	KS, USA
103	2007	Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech.	Wuhan	China
104	2007	Hunt Oil Building	Dallas	TX, USA
105	2007	Casper College	Casper	WY, USA
106	2007	Auburn University	Auburn	AL, USA
107	2007	The Harker School	San Jose	CA, USA
108	2008	Tellus Science Ctr. Museum	Cartersville	GA, USA
109	2008	Woodward Academy	College Park	GA, USA
110	2008	U.S. Coast Guard Academy	New London	CT, USA
111	2008	Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney	Kearney	NE, USA
112	2008	University of Colorado	Colorado Springs	CO, USA
113	2009	Chicago Museum of Sci. & Ind.	Chicago	IL, USA
114	2009	Linn-Benton Community College	Albany	OR, USA
115	2009	Wheaton College Science Center	Wheaton	IL, USA
116	2009	Texas A&M University	College Station	TX, USA
117	2011	Rock Valley College	Rock Valley	IL, USA
118	2011	St. Paul's School	Concord	NH, USA
119	2011	Univ. of South Florida	Tampa	FL, USA
120	2011	St. Andrew's Episcopal School	Ridgeland	MS, USA
121	2011	Forrest Lawn Memorial Park	Glendale	CA, USA
122	2012	Modesto Jr. Co. - West Campus	Modesto	CA, USA
123	2013	Battle Creek Area Math & Sci. Ctr.	Battle Creek	MI, USA
124	2013	McDonogh School - Naylor Building	Owning Mills	MD, USA
125	2014	Rosebank College	Five Dock-Sydney	Australia
126	2014	David Lee "Tex Hill" Middle School	San Antonio	TX, USA
127	2014	Hockaday Sch.- Centennial Center	Dallas	TX, USA
128	2014	M.I.T. Lincoln Lab. (pend. bob only)	Lexington	MA, USA
129	2015	Elliott Museum (by Donigan Family)	Stuart	FL, USA
130	2015	Wynn Cotai Palace & Spa	Macau	China
131	2015	Miami Univ. at Ohio - Kreger Hall	Oxford	OH, USA
132	2015	Quarterhorse Home Builders (private home)	Westport	CT, USA
133	2016	Fort Lewis College	Durango	CO, USA
134	2017	Orange Coast College - Planetarium	Costa Mesa	CA, USA
135	2018	West Valley College - Planetarium	Saratoga	CA, USA
136	2018	Berea Colleqe-New Sci.+ Health Bldg.	Berea	KY, USA

 

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Academy pendulum kits include:

• A 235-pound 15” polished brass ball with sculptured end caps.
• A 1/8” cable to suspend the ball.
• One magnetic drive system is used to keep the ball swinging continuously. (The magnet is located near the suspension point at the top of the cable.)
• One support tower and pivot assembly
• One electronics control package
• One 10”w x 14”h, educational brass wall plaque mounted on a walnut base. It includes a credit to Jean Foucault for his contribution to science, and a brief explanation of the pendulum.
• Kit comes packed in wooden crates and weighs approximately 640lbs. total.