On May the 4th, the Ultimate Star Wars holiday, Lucasfilm will host special look fan events for “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” at select IMAX® theaters around the world. Each event will showcase more than 25 minutes of exclusive, never-before-seen footage, special fan giveaways, including a brand-new, exclusive poster, and other fun surprises. For ticket information in the U.S. and a list of IMAX theaters in the United States click here.
The Mandalorian and Grogu embark on their most thrilling mission yet in Lucasfilm’s
“Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” an all-new Star Wars adventure opening exclusively in theaters May 22, 2026. The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin and his young apprentice Grogu.
A new PREDATOR movie will be hitting theaters soon! PREDATOR: BADLANDS, which stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, is set in the future on a remote planet, where a young Predator (Schuster-Koloamatangi), outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. This sci-fi flick directed by Dan Trachtenberg is rated PG-13.
This the type of intense action film that can envelop an audience with its sights and sounds in an IMAX theater. On Thursday, November 6th at 6pm, in celebration of opening day, fans can be among the first to see PREDATOR: BADLANDS in IMAX by attending the "Predator: Badlands IMAX Fan Event". Guests who attend this event at their local IMAX theater will receive a commemorative collectable keychain, while supplies last.
Who is GEEKED to see PREDATOR: BADLANDS? I am for sure!
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A and I just can't get enough! In high school you'd often fine me listening to a Depeche Mode tune, in fact they were the first band I ever saw in concert! So, I had some nostalgic flashbacks of those times when hearing that a Depeche Mode concert film will be shown in October on IMAX screens at movie theaters across the country.
DEPECHE MODE: M is a unique cinematic journey into the heart of Mexican culture's relationship with death, framed by the iconic live performances of Depeche Mode during their 2023-2024 Memento Mori tour. Conceived and directed by award-winning Mexican filmmaker Fernando Frías, the film captures the band's three sold-out shows in Mexico City, blending concert footage with interpretive interstitials and archival material. The feature-length film takes audiences on a musical and spiritual journey, as the songs resonate in real time with fans, illustrating their timeliness multi-cultural influence while delving into the profound connection between music, mortality, and Mexican tradition.
CLICK HERE for more information and to purchase tickets. Are you geeked about a Depeche Mode IMAX experience?
For the first time ever, the iconic concert film Prince – Sign O’ The Times will be released exclusively in IMAX theatres globally for a limited time, beginning August 29, 2025. The critically acclaimed 1987 film, directed by Prince and featuring Prince with his talented band of musicians including Sheila E., has undergone IMAX’s proprietary Digital Media Remastering (DMR) process to deliver unprecedented image and sound quality, offering audiences an immersive experience of Prince’s legendary performance like never before.
Sign O’ The Times is widely celebrated for capturing the artist at his creative peak—blending electrifying concert footage with cinematic storytelling, powerful visuals, and genre-defying sound. Now, enhanced with IMAX’s precision surround sound audio, customized theatre geometry, and crystal-clear images, Prince’s virtuoso performance is set to mesmerize fans old and new in the most epic format available. “Prince – Sign O’ The Times” features some of Prince’s most iconic tracks, including “If I Was Your Girlfriend,” the anthemic title track “Sign O’ The Times,” and “U Got The Look,” Prince’s smash hit duet with Sheena Easton. The film showcases Prince’s unparalleled musicianship, stagecraft, and style, highlighting his timeless impact on music and popular culture.
Tickets can be purchased at www.imax.com/prince. It will be showing for 1 WEEK only so don't miss out on your chance to experience this exceptional showcase of the musician's performance in an IMAX theater.
This sci-fi fan is geeked that a new addition to the QUIET PLACE movies is coming to theaters this summer. This prequel to the prior two movies takes us back to when the alien invasion of Earth started. Experience the day the world went quiet in an IMAX theater.
Rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for terror, bloody images and violent content, this sci-fi / horror flick invades movie theaters on June 28, 2024. STAY QUIET. STAY ALIVE.
The Barbie Movie is a box office sensation having become the highest grossing theatrical film release of 2023 bringing in more than a billion dollars in ticket sales so far. And the movie is getting even bigger as it is set to appear on IMAX screens for a one week engagement beginning September 22nd. During that week's showings there will be released never before seen post-credit footage for IMAX audiences only.
Get tickets for the Barbie IMAX experience now through fandango.com. The Barbie Movie is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis.
Or you’re a Ken.
This looks like a movie I'd like to see on the Michigan Science Center's IMAX Dome Theatre. The theatre has recently been renovated with 239 brand- new, custom-designed seats featuring FreeForm Trim technology generously designed and donated by automotive supplier Magna. The Science Center's 3-story-high dome is a great spot to immerse yourself in an IMAX film.
DEEP SKY is a new documentary about NASA’s Webb Telescope (James Webb Space Telescope JWST). The 40-minute short film is narrated by Oscar®-nominated actress Michelle Williams, and is currently slated for release across IMAX’s institutional theater network in October 2023. DEEP SKY is written, produced and directed by Nathaniel Kahn. IMAX co-financed the film with major funding provided by the Northrop Grumman Foundation.
DEEP SKY goes behind the scenes of JWST, capturing its launch and the release of the mind blowing first full-color images from space pictured by the telescope. The film is a thrilling story that begins during the telescope’s construction, following it to the harrowing launch stage, and through the release of the first full-color images to the public on July 12, 2022.
“If there ever was a subject tailor-made for IMAX screens, this is it,” Director Nathaniel Kahn commented to ageekdaddy.com. “The IMAX format allows you to appreciate the astonishing resolution of NASA’s new telescope and to immerse yourself in cosmic landscapes that leave you filled with awe.”
Planning on viewing the new DC Comics superhero flick, THE FLASH, on an IMAX screen? Then you may be in for a big treat ... not only can you see the film on one of the largest possible state-of-the-art projection screens, but select IMAX locations are holding special showings of the film on June 12 a few days before the movie's official release on June 16, 2023. CLICK HERE to purchase tickets for THE FLASH at an IMAX location near you.
Worlds collide in “The Flash” when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian… albeit not the one he’s looking for. Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?
Starring Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Traue and Michael Keaton.
Directed by Andy Muschietti.
Rated PG-13
Where should you watch one of the biggest films of the 2023 summer movie season? Swing into an IMAX theater to see Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny! The final chapter of Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones saga debuts on June 30 but don't wait around to see it on the BIG screen because it will only be playing in IMAX theaters for one week.
If you want to be transported back in time into the action and exotic locales of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny told through the lens of James Mangold in an action-packed adventure in only a way IMAX can deliver buy your tickets now.
Harrison Ford returns to the role of the legendary hero archaeologist for this final installment of the iconic franchise. For more information, visit imax.com/movies/indiana-jones-and-dial-destiny
Of the eleven Star Wars movies, ROGUE ONE ranks 3rd on my favorites list. Sorry Return of the Jedi! With the upcoming ANDOR television series coming to the Disney+ streaming service, the movie that featured this new show's primary character, Rebel Alliance intelligence agent Cassian Jeron Andor, is returning to movie theaters.
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY is being re-released on IMAX screens for a limited engagement of movie theater showings on August 26th. In addition to the featured presentation, the screenings will also include an exclusive look at the upcoming Disney+ ANDOR series. Who else is geeked about this? I sure am!
Go to IMAX.COM for more information about seeing ROGUE ONE on the big screen!
Greg MacGillivray has had an amazing Hollywood career as a cinematographer that has lasted more than 60 years. Helping create The Shining, Big Wednesday, The Towering Inferno, Blade Runner, Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Koyaanisqatsi before becoming a pioneering director of films in the 70mm IMAX® format. MacGillivray created some of the most iconic cinematography ever captured for giant screen films, including EVEREST, the highest-grossing IMAX film of all time. While known for his IMAX movies, MacGillivray originally gained fame for producing surfing movies.
Gary MacGillivray's FIVE SUMMER STORIES (1972), widely considered one of the greatest surf films ever made is celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a return to movie theaters. Adventure Entertainment is bringing this beloved epic documentary to audiences theatrically across North America (U.S. and Canada) in cinemas in more than 50 markets. This 50th Anniversary theatrical release is timed to coincide with the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, when surfing captures the imagination of viewers around the world.
Filmmakers will be in attendance for Q&As at screening events in select markets, and community partnerships with the Surfrider Foundation, a grassroots nonprofit ocean conservation organization, as well as Quiksilver, a heritage surf brand, will support these events in select locations. Quiksilver will be releasing a limited edition t-shirt for the film’s release, available soon. Visit fivesummerstories.com to find screening locations.
FIVE SUMMER STORIES first premiered in 1972 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and was quickly deemed “the greatest surf film ever made.” The film’s unusual format—a montage of five-plus stories or vignettes—perfectly captured a fractured era in which an explosion of creativity and revolutionary change was shaking down the old order, taking the sport of surfing off into new and unknown territory. Although the film went through several (and increasingly popular) incarnations as it played in theaters over a seven-year span from 1972 to 1979, its fundamental story remained the same—that the pure, innocent joy of surfing was symbolic of humankind’s best possibilities on Earth without war or politics or environmental destruction. The film features music by the Beach Boys and Honk.
Additionally, following the theatrical re-release of FIVE SUMMER STORIES will be Greg MacGillivray’s visual memoir, Five Hundred Summer Stories, coming out on November 15th, 2022. Illustrated with more than 500 photographs and filmmaking artifacts from MacGillivray’s extensive archive, as well as story contributions by legendary surfers Gerry Lopez and Bill Hamilton, and filmmakers such as Stephen Judson, Brad Ohlund and Howard Hall. Find out more at 500summerstories.com
My daughter LOVES the movie E.T.! She has a plush toy of the alien in her room, had a Halloween costume one year of her dressed as Elliot with E.T. attached to a bike handle and whenever visiting Orlando we have to stop by Universal Studios theme park to take her on their ride. She is going to be so GEEKED that a digitally remastered version of the film is being released on IMAX for theatrical showings to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the movie.
Wow! How time flies! I remember being eight years old and seeing the original release of E.T. when it first came out. Snacked on the Reese's Pieces that were being hyped at the snack stand which were plugged in the movie. It was an exciting outing to the movie theater and I was just the right age for it to be very relatable to me. Especially, the bike scenes as my friends and I would spend hours every day back then riding around our neighborhood.
So, obviously my family has an appreciation for this movie! It is going to be fun to see it on a giant IMAX screen. Though noting it is a "classic" 40 year old movie is making me feel old. Yet there is nothing like bringing out your inner child as an adult then watching a nostalgic movie with your own kids who also enjoy seeing it.
For more information on going to see E.T. on an IMAX screen, go to imax.com
Here is some news that has this '80s kid GEEKED, E.T. is being rereleased for theatrical showings exclusively on IMAX screens to celebrate the film's 40th anniversary. The trailer for the new IMAX release of E.T. will premiere during showings of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion which arrives at theaters on June 10, almost 40 years to the day since E.T. originally debuted in theaters on June 11, 1982. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial will then be released exclusively on IMAX screens nationwide beginning August 12, 2022.E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, originally released in the summer of 1982, not only soared to become the highest-grossing film of the year, capturing four Academy Awards® and nine Oscar® nominations including Best Picture, but it also captured the hearts of audiences around the globe. Four decades later, it still ignites the joy, wonder, discovery, magic and heartbreak of childhood. And E.T. isn't just nostalgic for us '80s kids, because my 13-year-old daughter LOVES the film and I am sure is going to demand that we go to see it on an IMAX screen this summer for a family outing to the movie theater.
IMAX is also bringing another classic Steven Spielberg summer blockbuster back to movie theaters this year with JAWS. The 1975 thriller will be released on IMAX screens and can be seen for the first time in RealD 3D beginning September 2. Duunnn dunnn… duuuunnnn duun… duuunnnnnnnn dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun ... will you be wrapping up your summer by going to see the original JAWS movie on an IMAX screen in 3D?
Originally released on June 20, 1975, Jaws, based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, became the first true summer blockbuster and a cultural tsunami. It shattered every record to become the highest-grossing film of the year, earning a nomination for Best Picture and winning three Academy Awards®, including one for John Williams’ iconic musical score. Almost five decades later, Jaws has become inexorable from global film culture, has inspired multiple generations of filmmakers and remains one of the most thrilling, terrifying and unforgettable films of all time.
With Jurassic World Dominion, E.T. and JAWS playing on IMAX screens it will be a great summer to go watch some great Steven Spielberg brands at the movie theater!
I know animated movies are supposed to be for kids, but I am really GEEKED to go see LIGHTYEAR! The trailer looks like this will be a fun, light-hearted sci-fi flick. And IMAX has gone all out to create a theatrical experience for the showing of this film that shouldn't be missed. I'm absolutely going to see this new Disney Pixar movie inspired by the Buzz Lightyear character from the Toy Story films on an IMAX screen.
The highly-anticipated release will be presented in IMAX exclusive Expanded Aspect Ratio (EAR) in a first for a Pixar movie. Moviegoers who watch Lightyear in IMAX will find themselves totally immersed in
IMAX-exclusive 1.90 aspect ratio, which provides up to 26% more picture. In addition to more picture, Lightyear in IMAX has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology, coupling crystal-clear images with IMAX’s customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, making for an incredible moviegoing experience.
A sci-fi action adventure and the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear (voice of Chris Evans), the hero who inspired the toy, “Lightyear” follows the legendary Space Ranger on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits (voices of Keke Palmer, Dale Soules and Taika Waititi), and his robot companion Sox (voice of Peter Sohn). Also joining the cast are Uzo Aduba, James Brolin, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren Ramirez and Isiah Whitlock Jr. Directed by Angus MacLane (co-director “Finding Dory”) and produced by Galyn Susman (“Toy Story That Time Forgot”), “Lightyear” releases June 17, 2022.
For more information about the movie, visit @IMAX and @PixarsLightyear on Twitter; and if you are flying over to Twitter give @Geekdad248 a follow too!
A mystery box arrived at my house on International Dinosaur Day. It was a Jurassic World themed gift crate courtesy of IMAX promoting the upcoming release of the next film in Universal Pictures' dinosaur themed adventure movie franchise. JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION stomps into theaters across the country on June 10. When it comes to a movie this BIG you need to see it on an IMAX screen!
Watching a movie on an IMAX screen though is more in-depth than just seeing it in jumbo scale. IMAX dual projection provides unparalleled brightness and brilliant clarity to the viewing experience creating an immersive experience that provides heightened realism to the imagery. That is combined with a state-of-the-art sound system that has laser-aligned audio placement to provide a stellar listening experience that compliments the theater's outstanding visual display. IMAX cameras are known for pushing the limits of technology providing expanded and enhanced details that go above and beyond what you will see in the average movie theater. You know when going to an IMAX theater it will be a topnotch experience!
Appreciate IMAX sending this Geek Daddy some nice Jurassic World Dominion swag promoting the upcoming release of the movie. Wow! The box starts playing the Jurassic World theme music when it is opened up! So, what was inside our Dinosaur Day gift crate? Check it out:
JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION TOYS
Have fun with imaginative play inspired by Jurassic World Dominion with new licensed toys based upon dinosaurs from the movie. Uncaged Rowdy Roars Velociraptor 'Beta' interacts with you moving around and making sounds based upon how it is touched. Click Tracker Velociraptor 'Blue' Dinosaur comes with a clicker control that makes it spin, move and make sounds.
JURASSIC WORLD EVOLUTION 2
Build your own Jurassic Park with the newest management simulation video game based upon the movies. In addition to building your own dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World Evolution lets players tackle scenarios based upon the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies. Available on PS4 and PS5 video game consoles.
JURASSIC WORLD SWAG
I'm always wearing baseball caps so this Jurassic World Dominion one will come in handy. A Jurassic World branded backpack will also be very useful. My daughter has already claimed the journal that was included in our Dinosaur Day gift crate. Plus, we were gifted some movie tickets to see Jurassic World Dominion on an IMAX screen.
Jurassic World Dominion takes place four years after Isla Nublar has been destroyed. Dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history’s most fearsome creatures. The movie is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action, some violence and language by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Click here to find an IMAX theater near you. Who else is geeked to see Jurassic World Dominion?! My family is excited about this summer blockbuster movie and seeing it to kick-off my kids break from school. After you see it, share your thoughts with us about the movie on Twitter by commenting to @Geekdad248. This movie geek is always interested in what our ageekdaddy.com readers think about what is playing in the theaters.
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DUNE promises to be a BIG movie! It is being theatrically released in October as well as have a simultaneous debut on the HBO Max streaming service. And while you may be able to see the movie from home streaming it on your television this is a flick you are going to want to see on IMAX!
IMAX just debuted their promotional poster for the movie and I'm sure a lot of sci-fi fans are going to be geeked to see this movie on the big IMAX screens at theaters. I've heard the sets for the film were so big that actors got lost while moving around them. Plus you want to see those big sand worms tower over the audience on the silver screen. This science fiction movie has so many big elements to it seeing it on IMAX is the way to go.
DUNE is based upon is one of the most popular science fiction novels ever published, written by author Frank Herbert in 1965. The book tied with Roger Zelazny's This Immortal for the Hugo Award [recognizing the best in science fiction] and also won Nebula Award for Best Novel. The story was adapted into a movie in 1984 that bombed at the box office. I've never read DUNE or its five sequel novels and didn't like the 1984 film which featured Kyle MacLachlan, Sting, Virginia Madsen, and Patrick Stewart; but I know bunch of fans of the books and insist that if this new movie faithfully follows Herbert's story it will be extraordinary. So I'm all in for seeing Warner Bros. DUNE directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival / Blade Runner 2049) when it arrive on IMAX screens this fall.
A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, DUNE tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence—a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential—only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
For more information, visit the film's official website dunemovie.com or its social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Look for IMAX movie theater locations at imax.com. And if you aren't following a Geek Daddy on social media check out @Geekdad248 on Twitter and Instagram.
** A Geek Daddy received a free plush toy courtesy of IMAX **
Look who we found! LOCKJAW teleported himself over to our house. In fact this lovable giant bulldog who serves the royal family of the Inhumans as their escort and loyal protector has been using his teleportation powers to visit families all over the United States to promote Marvel Entertainment's newest television show. Search with the hashtag #WheresLockjaw on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to follow his travels.
Marvel's Inhumans will take the alien-human hybrid race of beings where each individual has unique superpowers off the pages of comic books and place them within their own ABC television network series. Created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1965, the Inhumans role within Marvel comic books has grown in prominence during the last decade building their own loyal fan base. Now the Inhumans are joining the Marvel cinematic universe through a unique partnership between IMAX and Disney/ABC Television Group.
The television series was filmed entirely with IMAX digital cameras and the first two episodes of Marvel's Inhumans will debut on on IMAX movie theater screens on September 1, 2017 -- two weeks before the show's September 29th television broadcast premiere on ABC. This is the first time a live-action television series has debuted in this manner. The weekly fall series will then air on Friday nights at 8pm.
Visit beinhumaninimax.com to purchase your tickets to enjoy the first two episodes of Marvels Inhumans through the IMAX experience at a local movie theater. At select movie theater locations you'll also receive an exclusive mini-poster while supplies last when you go to see Marvel's Inhumans on September 1 on an IMAX screen. Shot with the new ALEX IMAX 65mm camera, Marvel's Inhumans promises to provide stunning lifelike images with pristine clarity, incredibly fine detail, vivid colors, and a higher dynamic range for superior contrast.
Marvel’s Inhumans, a new Marvel Television
Series, explores the never-before-told epic adventure of the royal
family including Black Bolt, the enigmatic, commanding King of the
Inhumans, with a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can
destroy a city. After the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a
military coup, they barely escape to Hawaii where they are greeted with
surprising interactions with the lush world and humanity around them.
Now they must find a way to reunite with each other and return to their
home before their way of life is destroyed forever.
The first chapter of
Marvel's Inhumans will premiere early in IMAX theaters for a
limited two-week run beginning on September 1, 2017, and will then debut
on ABC beginning September 29 with eight episodes. Directed by Roel Reine and written by Scott Buck, Marvel's Inhumans will star Anson Mount, Iwan Rheon, Serinda Swan, Eme Ikwuakor, Isabelle Cornish, Ken Leung, Ellen Woglom, Sonya Balmores and Mike Moh.
Who else is excited to see LOCKJAW in Marvel's Inhumans?! My family can't wait to see this giant bulldog on an IMAX screen! It really was great that he paid us a visit while teleporting around the country promoting Marvel's Inhumans debut on movie theater IMAX screens.
DREAM BIG: ENGINEERING OUR WORLD, the first giant-screen movie to promote the educational STEM (Science, Technology, Math) movement, is being shown through March at the Michigan Science Center's Chrysler IMAX Dome. Narrated by Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges, Dream Big showcases engineering wonders big and small, ranging from the ancient Great Wall of China to today's largest buildings. Be inspired by engineering feats that allow for underwater robots to explore our planet's oceans, solar cars to race across a continent without using a drop of gasoline, and learn about efforts to make the world's large cities more environmentally sustainable.
Dream Big hopes to encourage interest in STEM with the kids that will be the next generation of engineers through sharing stories that include a young woman engineer building bridges in undeveloped countries and an underprivileged high school robotics team that tackles the odds against them to humanize the field of engineering. Dream Big's producers hope the movie will encourage academic achievement, student engagement, and parent involvement with STEM topics.
For specific showtimes of when DREAM BIG: ENGINEERING OUR WORLD is playing or directions on how to get to the Michigan Science Center in downtown Detroit, Michigan
please visit mi-sci.org
Though I was only seven years old, I still have a vivid recollection of the day my parents took me on an afternoon trip to explore the science center in Detroit. It's been years since I'd paid a visit and my seven year old twins had never been there before. So being they're the same age as my first adventure to the place it seemed a fitting time for a road trip to the Michigan Science Center. Located next door to the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood, the Michigan Science Center features more than 250 hands-on exhibits that can be educational and interesting for people of all ages.
Learn how telescopes work and by viewing a representation of the moon through a variety of lenses in the center's space exploration section which also displays a NASA rocket capsule that was one of the highlight's of my childhood visits to the science center.
This astronomy area is also home to the Dassault Systèmes Planetarium which houses a Digistar® II projection
system with 13,000-watt Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound that projects upon a
50-foot-wide, three-story-high-dome. Check out a variety of live shows like OUR PLACE IN SPACE.
OUR PLACE IN SPACE begins with a
tour of the current night sky and the state of Michigan, then gradually
zooms out to reveal the size of asteroids and dwarf planets. Your journey
then continues providing a view of the planets of our Solar System, the Sun, other
stars, and finally provides a glimpse of the entire galaxy.
Other areas of the exhibit let visitors explore the fundamental properties of matter, motion, energy, and time.
In addition to the exhibits, the Michigan Science Center also provides a variety of shows and demonstrations. The SPARKS ELECTRICITY SHOW provides entertaining examples of various facets of electricity including magnetism, static electricity and plasma. Demonstrations are also provided on the CHRYSLER SCIENCE STAGE involving topics such as chemistry, physics, and life science.
A highlight of any visit is also watching an IMAX presentation on the largest movie screen in Michigan. This 67.5 foot wide, five story high dome theater envelopes audience in a thrilling sensory experience. We saw National Parks Adventure which honors the centennial anniversary of the United State Park Service by taking its viewers on climbing, hiking and sailing experiences through the caves, rivers, forests, mountains and other stunning landscapes within the country's famous, as well as lesser known, parks.
After enjoying the movie it was up the rainbow escalator to head home. I was always excited by this neon light show as a kid and my own children though it was a great way to wrap up our visit. We had a great family road trip and if you are in the Detroit area encourage you to find some time to swing by and explore the Michigan Science Center for yourself. There is always something new to discover at the science center!
For more information about the Michigan Science Center, visit mi-sci.org
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