Museum of Science Boston IMAX
Boston · United StatesConfirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 66/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 634 m² of dome surface. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.
Excellent large-format presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Commercial Laser(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 23.2 m dome (~634 m² of surface)
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 335
- Screen type
- Dome
- Opened
- 1987
- Operator
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.
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 — where we could check, 100 venues listed as xenon had been upgraded. Treat the score as indicative.
Why IQ 66
How big, really?
Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m
- 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
- 2BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 3Museum of Science Boston (est.) · 18×9.473684210526317 m
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
What you actually see
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Where this comes from
Confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · regional research ↗
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- Operating status
- verified open
Showtimes
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