Sunday Summer Special Giant Screen Films

See breathtaking IMAX® films on the largest movie screen in Virginia! Ten times the size of a traditional 35 mm film, IMAX® films are projected over two-thirds of the dome’s screen for the ultimate "You Are There" experience.

SUNDAY SUMMER SPECIAL. IMAX® movies are just $5 on Sundays! Offer ends Sunday, September 5, 2010.

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Ultimate Wave Tahiti The Ultimate Wave Tahiti
Closes Oct. 2, 2010
Featuring nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater, The Ultimate Wave Tahiti follows a quest to find the perfect wave-riding experience. Filmed in Tahiti among the islands of French Polynesia, the film showcases dramatic giant screen surfing action in a unique Pacific paradise featuring incredible marine life: turtles, fish and sharks.

Explore the hidden forces at work shaping the waves and the islands that lie in their path. Discover the sources of a wave’s energy and witness the swirling dance of the atmosphere that will transfer energy deep into the ocean and shape a wave’s long journey across thousands of miles of open Pacific.

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Deep Sea Deep Sea
Closes Oct. 2, 2010
Dive below the ocean surface to swim with some of the planet’s most unique,
dangerous and colorful creatures. Become a fearless undersea explorer,
discovering the strange and unusual partnerships these creatures forge to
ensure their survival, and learn how this co-operation allows life in this enchanting world to flourish.

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Coming Soon!

Fall 2010
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs is part historic journey and part forensic adventure, as it follows researchers and explorers as they piece together the archeological and genetic clues of Egyptian mummies.

Spring 2011
To the Arctic is a timely new documentary and the first for IMAX® Theatres to film the unprecedented changes occurring near the North Pole as temperatures in the Arctic heat up due to climate change. 

Fall 2011
Hubble Experience the gripping story - full of hope, crushing disappointment, dazzling ingenuity, bravery, and triumph – in Hubble, the seventh awe-inspiring film from the award-winning IMAX® Space Team.

Destination Universe Planetarium

Destination Universe
Runtime: 20 minutes
Tickets: $3; museum members free
Blast off for an incredible journey of exploration. Using the computerized magic of our Digistar™ planetarium, we'll take you from our local solar system out to the edge of the known universe.

LiveSky
Presented at 6 p.m. on the third Friday of every month.
Tickets: $5; museum members free
 Take a guided tour of the current night sky and find out about the latest celestial happenings. You'll also have the opportunity to ask questions and make requests of your astronomer host. Since the sky is always changing and audience questions and requests vary, each LiveSky show is different.

Please note: Once a LiveSky program has begun, the theater is very dark. For safety reasons, we cannot seat latecomers.