Carnegie Science Center IMAX

Pittsburgh · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 53/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 239 m² of lit picture. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 October 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

~IQ 53provisional

Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX GT Dual Laser(as of 2021)
Screen: 21.3 m × 11.6 m (247 m²)
Screen shape: 1.84:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 271
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2017
Operator

⚠ Still trading, but no longer an IMAX venue. Rangos Omnimax dome replaced by the flat 'Rangos Giant Cinema' (dual 4K laser, Certified Giant Screen) on 20 Nov 2017. Institution now renamed Kamin Science Center.

The projector here comes from a 2021 industry listing that we haven't been able to re-confirm. IMAX has converted a lot of screens to laser since, so a 2021 label is a 2021 state rather than a current one. Treat the score as indicative.

Why IQ 53

Screen size13/38

239 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source

Projection32/36

IMAX GT Dual Laser · recorded 2021 · one source

Full 1.43 frame8/18

1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound0/8

no sound specification published

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3Carnegie Science Center · 21.3×11.6 m · picture 239 m², 3% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buses fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 247 m² total)

What you actually see

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Screen: 247 m²
Picture: 239 m²
Screen used: 97%

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Where this comes from

Single source

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Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
Operating status: verified not-imax (2017)

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