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Themed Tour

Démonstration - Pendule de Foucault

May 23 at 6:30pm

At Musée des Arts et Métiers

3rd Arr., Paris

Arrive 10 minutes early to grab a good spot
Watch the pegs get knocked down one by one
Stay to see the bat-wing flying machine suspended overhead

Watch Foucault's pendulum prove Earth's rotation in real time. This 15-minute flash demonstration inside the deconsecrated Saint-Martin-Des-Champs church brings physics to life as the massive brass bob swings hypnotically across the meridian line.

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  • live science demo
  • night at the museum
  • quick bite-sized visit
  • family-friendly
  • Musée des Arts et Métiers
  • 3rd Arr.
  • Paris

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