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Museum of Science and Technology IMAX

Syracuse · United StatesSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 37/100 — a modest premium screen, 471 m² of dome surface, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 October 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

C
~IQ 37provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection
Not established
Screen
20 m dome (~471 m² of surface)
Picture shown
1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
15/70mm film
Recorded in 2021, unconfirmed
Sound
Not published
Seats
214
Screen type
Dome
Opened
1997
Operator

⚠ This venue has closed (2021). Closed (MOST Omnitheater, 2021). We have not re-confirmed this since it was recorded.

This is a dome. The area above is the projected surface, worked out from the diameter by convention rather than measured — and it wraps above and behind you, so it isn't the same thing as the frontal area of a flat screen. Treat the score as a rough peer of the flat screens around it, not a like-for-like comparison.

⚠ A 2021 industry listing recorded a 15/70mm film projector here, and we could find nothing to confirm or refute it. Most multiplex film systems were removed years ago; many museum ones still run. Rather than guess either way, this venue is scored as if the projector were unknown — so if it does still run film, the score below understates it substantially.

Why IQ 37

Screen size26/38

20 m dome, scored on projected surface · full marks at 700 m² · one source

Projection11/36

digital, generation never established · recorded 2021 · one source

Full 1.43 frame0/18

a dome has no frame aspect ratio, so this axis does not apply

Sound0/8

no sound specification published

How big, really?

1234

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
  • 3Museum of Science and Technology (est.) · 18 m wide, height not published
  • 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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What you actually see

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This screen shows the entire photographed frame.

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Where this comes from

Single source

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions
single source
  • · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
Projector
single source
  • · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
15/70mm film
single source
  • · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
Operating status
verified closed (2021)

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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