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Note: If you purchase tickets in advance using our website or telephone reservation center, please be sure to bring a photo ID and/or the credit card used to purchase the tickets. This identification is needed for verification purposes.


	Theater Locations

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Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater

National Museum of Natural History
10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20560

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Now Playing

Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
Deep Sea 3D

Coming Soon
Opens THIS Friday March 6
Tickets NOW on sale

U2 3D

Butterflies + Plants:
Partners in Evolution Exhibit

National Museum of Natural History
10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20560

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Special Exhibit

Butterflies Pavilion
Live Butterflies

Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater

National Air and Space Museum
6th Street and Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560

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Now Playing

Fighter Pilot
To Fly!
3D Sun
Space Station 3D

Einstein Planetarium

National Air and Space Museum
6th Street and Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560

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Now Playing

Cosmic Collisions
The Stars Tonight
Black Holes

Airbus IMAX Theater

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

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Now Playing

Fighter Pilot
Blue Planet
The Magic of Flight

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	General Information

The IMAX®Experience
IMAX is the ultimate film experience. Large frame film is projected onto specially designed screens that are several stories high to produce some of the most stunning live-action and computer generated visual images recorded. The theaters are also equipped with a state-of-the-art sound system. Click here to learn more about the IMAX experience.

Einstein Planetarium & The Digital Dome Technology Experience
Now, in addition to the spectacular star field of our Zeiss Model VIa planetarium instrument, America's Bicentennial gift from the people of West Germany, the Einstein Planetarium has been upgraded to include a first-of-its-kind, Sky Vision™ dual digital projection system and six-channel digital surround sound. For the first time, you'll feel the sensation of zooming through the cosmos, enveloped in color saturated moving images and spine-tingling sound.

How big is the universe? Where does it end? Are we alone?
SkyVision™, a newly installed state-of-the-art, ultra-hi-definition All-Dome video system, adds to the powerful capabilities of the Einstein Planetarium's original Zeiss VI-A projector.