Imax Dome Theatre


"Thanks to the overwhelming visual and auditory stimulation, IMAX movies are events. They're more than movies, more than any home-theater experience can deliver."
                                                                    -- Tom Long, The Detroit News

The Detroit Science Center's cutting-edge Chrysler IMAX® Dome Theatre screen is three and one-half stories tall, sixty-seven and one-half feet in diameter and incorporates the most advanced projection and sound systems available in the world. The Chrysler IMAX® Dome experience wraps sight and sound around you like an astounding "techno-blanket," and allows you to truly experience film. One doesn't just "watch" a movie in the Chrysler IMAX® Dome Theatre; it's a revolutionary sensory celebration.
 

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Mysteries of the Great Lakes Take a dramatic journey through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. All across the Great Lakes basin, there is a renewed interest in the health of the Lakes, and an increased awareness of the importance of this fresh water resource to the social and economic vitality of North America. Dubbed ‘inland seas’ by early European explorers, the Great Lakes have some of the most spectacular wilderness scenery on Earth, and a fifth of the planet’s fresh water. Witness the Mysteries of the Great Lakes on the only screen large enough to reveal them –  the Detroit Science Center's Chrysler IMAX® Dome  Theatre! Click here for a show schedule.

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk Take a journey to one of the world's most extraordinary sites; the Grand Canyon. Capture  the Grand Canyon's immense beauty and depth in Michigan’s only Chrysler IMAX® Dome Theatre. Take a thrilling flight over the canyon's span to a wild whitewater-rafting ride! Click here for a show schedule.

NOTE: While the content of all shows at the Detroit Science Center is family oriented, some Chrysler IMAX® Dome Theatre films and Dassault Systèmes Planetarium shows (with the exception of The Little Star That Could and WSKY: Radio Station of the Stars) contain dramatic sounds and images that may not be suitable for some children under 5 years of age or those susceptible to motion sickness. Parents are encouraged to consider this before purchasing tickets for their children.