Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater

Opening: July 28, 2025, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.

The renovated Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater offers improved sound and picture quality as well as conveniences such as ticket pre-orders and select-a-seat options for feature films. The theater features new seats and an updated theater lobby and queuing area. The new IMAX with Laser experience is set apart by its next-generation 4K laser projection system, which features a new optical engine and new technologies that deliver increased resolution, sharper and brighter images, deeper contrast and the most distinct, exotic colors ever available on screen. The new experience also features IMAX’s 12-channel sound technology with new side and overhead channels that deliver greater dynamic range and precision.

Specifications:

• 47-by-75.5-foot screen
• Dual IMAX laser projectors
• 12-channel IMAX sound system
• 375 new seats
• Films will be shown in IMAX format 1.4.3 and 1.9 aspect ratio, depending on how they were filmed
• New 3D glasses (films will be offered in 2D and 3D)

Films offered daily starting July 28:

• Blue Angels
• Deep Sky
• To Fly
• T. Rex
• Space: The New Frontier

Sponsor: Lockheed Martin

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