IMAX SHOWS

The completely renovated Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Theater features a forty-foot-high, sixty-six-foot-wide screen and a state-of-the-art digital sound system.

Showings are 10:30am-4:30pm (every hour on the half hour). Please note that seating is limited. We cannot accommodate late changes in reservations. No refunds for IMAX tickets. Assisted listening devices, infrared sound enhancements, and the Rear Window captioning system are available for all IMAX films.

NOW SHOWING

Showtimes from January 4 through July 2:

Mysteries of the Great Lakes 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30

Mysteries of the Great Lakes

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Like a giant Rorschach ink blot, the Great Lakes spread out across the northern Midwest and eastern U.S. along the Canadian border. Deep blue and beautiful from the air, these five freshwater lakes hold the key to untold stories—and strange phenomena—explored in an exquisite giant-screen film Mysteries of the Great Lakes, now showing in the Museum's LeFrak Imax Theater.

A Science North production, narrated by Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent with a soundtrack by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, Mysteries of the Great Lakes takes viewers on a dramatic journey through some of the most spectacular scenery on Earth, from the headwaters of Lake Superior to the edge of Lake Ontario. Here, in amazing close-ups only the IMAX experience can provide, you’ll travel beneath the surface where thousands of shipwrecks—the last major one from close to a century ago—draw the interest of divers to this day. You will also discover the habitats of sturgeon, caribou, moose, and bald eagles—as well as the Great Lakes’ importance for the 40 million people who live along their nearly 11,000-mile-long coastline.

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