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Our IMAX Theater offers a mix of family friendly films and popular first run titles. Choose from shows that match up with a particular exhibit to get a full immersion in the subject—or take an armchair tour of exotic locales. If it’s thrills you’re seeking—but want to stay safely in your seat—IMAX offers a chance to travel side by side with extreme adventurers, athletes, and explorers.

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Featuring a spectacle that few humans have ever witnessed, the Great Migration across the Serengeti plains in Tanzania and Kenya. This film is a tribute to the wildebeest as they set out on their yearlong odyssey. It is also a documentary featuring a fascinating array of animals including zebras, giraffes, elephants, monkeys, baboons and even hyenas, jackals and vultures.

An emotional, music-driven ode to the vital swamps and undying spirit of New Orleans. Shot in the midst of Katrina, the film makes a musical journey with four musicians as they sound the call to restore the vital wetlands of Louisiana and give New Orleans hope for the future.

Follow Dolly, a curious and adventurous dolichorynchops, as she travels through life's stages, and encounters long-necked pleisosaurs, giant turtles, enormous fish, giant sharks, and much more. Join scientists working as detectives as they try to answer questions about this ancient and mysterious ocean world.

 
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In 1969 three astronauts dared to go where no man had gone before; the moon. FLY ME TO THE MOON combines the Apollo 11 mission with a whimsical twist involving three tween aged flies who go along on an incredible space adventure.

 

Through the eyes of a team of five trekkers and a local African guide, we will learn of their hardships and rewards of climbing this great mountain and explore the mountain's delicate ecosystems and natural history along the way.

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