Did you know the Science Museum of Virginia holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest floating ball sculpture? The 29-ton 8'8.7" diameter sphere, known as the Mary Morton Parsons Earth Kugel, was made from 300 million-year-old granite quarried from Le Sidobre, the largest granite plateau in Europe. This same granite paves the famous walkways of the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France

The Earth Kugel is a perfectly spherical model of the earth that floats on a 37 thousand-pound octagon-shaped base. It uses water pressure flowing underneath to create a frictionless rotation.

Experience this fascinating frictionless rotating sphere and give it a spin! Visiting the Earth Kugel does not require museum admission and is open to the public.