IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum
London · United KingdomSize confirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room S, 83/100 — one of the best rooms we have measured, 380 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. That rests on a single source. Data read 21 September 2026.
Opened 2000 in the Wellcome Wing and relaunched December 2020 with dual-4K IMAX with Laser (GT) while keeping its original 15/70 projector, which remains active with 70mm seasons and The Odyssey in IMAX 70mm from July 2026.
Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2DD · Open in maps ↗
Destination screen. Worth travelling for.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser
- Screen
- 23.3 m × 16.8 m (391 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.39:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
- 15/70mm film
- Yes — confirmed, ran The Odyssey in 70mm
- Sound
- IMAX 12-channel
- Seats
- 400
- Screen type
- Curved
- Opened
- 2000
- Operator
- Science Museum
Why IQ 83
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
- 3IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum · 23.3×16.8 m · picture 380 m², 3% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
6 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 3 up · 391 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists
- Screen
- 391 m²
- Picture
- 380 m²
- Screen used
- 97%
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.
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Where this comes from
Size confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · enthusiast database ↗
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- single source
- 15/70mm film
- confirmed by 3 sources
- · IMAX's Odyssey 70mm engagement list ↗
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Operating status
- verified open
Two systems, one booth
The 2021 listing records film and a newer source records laser-dual. Both are true: this is a dual booth, running a print on some nights and digital on others. Neither source is wrong and neither supersedes the other.
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
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