Museum of Science Boston IMAX
Boston · United StatesSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 58/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 634 m² of dome surface. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 5 November 2026.
Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Laser for Dome
- 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.
Why IQ 58
23.2 m dome, scored on projected surface · full marks at 700 m² · one source
IMAX Laser for Dome · 2 independent sources
a dome has no frame aspect ratio, so this axis does not apply
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
- 3Museum of Science Boston (est.) · 18 m wide, height not published
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
What you actually see
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Worth travelling for?
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Where this comes from
Single sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · 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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