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The IMAX® 2-D Theater
The Maritime Aquarium features an 2-D IMAX® Theater with a six story high screen. Huge, crisp images make you feel like you’re inside the action; and the 10,000-watt digital propietary surround-sound audio system completes a total immersion movie experience.
 
Sorry, we do not offer 3-D movies at this time. Movies like “Avatar” are still magnificent in our large format, high quality, film presentation. And our sound system is amazing with 10,000 watts of laser-aligned surround sound.
 
The primary purpose of our theater is to show documentary and educational movies. We are showing Hollywood movies as an added bonus for our visitors. By enjoying these movies you help support our mission to protect Long Island Sound. The Maritime Aquarium is a non-profit institution. Thank you.

Which IMAX® movie adventure would you like to see today?

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Classic Daytime
 Now Showing
Movie run time averages 40 minutes. (Note: Movies, times & prices are subject to change without notice.)
The Living Sea

Noon, 2 & 3 p.m. / daily

This passionate film explains how the world’s oceans are all connected – and also how we are connected to them as well.  You’ll see whales, dolphins, pounding waves and amazing tidal swings, wild surfing scenes, an incredible land-locked lake full of jellyfish, beautiful coral reefs, and more. This Oscar-nominated film features music by Sting and narration by Meryl Streep.

Sponsored by AT&T
Hubble

11 a.m., & 1 p.m. / daily

Built in part in nearby Danbury, CT, it’s been circling the earth – and advancing our understanding of the universe – for nearly 20 years. Beginning March 19, the Hubble Space Telescope returns to Fairfield County and shares its celestial wonders in this incredible new IMAX® movie.

“With its ability to look deep into space with great clarity, the Hubble Space Telescope has had a profound impact on the way we view the universe and ourselves,” said Chris Loynd, the Aquarium’s marketing director. “It’s only fitting that some of Hubble’s discoveries be shared in a format that also is unmatched in its size and clarity: on IMAX film.”

“Hubble” was filmed by NASA astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis in May 2009. The film is narrated by three-time Academy Award-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio.

Through the power of the immersive IMAX format, audiences will almost feel the weightlessness of space, but also the weighty task facing the space-walking astronauts assigned to carry out the final mission to update the telescope. “Hubble” also offers an incredible never-before-seen “flight” through Hubble imagery, providing a first-person journey from the Orion Nebula to the far reaches of our universe.

Hubble's primary mirror and optical system was built by the Perkin-Elmer Corp. in Danbury. (That Perkin-Elmer business is now Goodrich Corp. ISR Systems in Danbury.) The 2009 Hubble servicing mission that was filmed in IMAX for “Hubble” included the installation of a new fine guidance sensor – also built in Danbury by Goodrich ISR Systems – that will add years of productive life to the telescope.

“Hubble” is an IMAX Corp. and Warner Bros. Pictures production, in cooperation with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The 43-minute film is rated G, and is suitable for all ages.

Hubble Educational Guide

Hubble Tech Sheet
Hollywood
 Now Showing
Toy Story 3 (PG-13)

Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 / 4 pm

Sept. 3 - 5 / 4 & 6:30 pm

Sept. 6 / 4 pm

Sept. 7 - 9 / 3:30 pm

Sept. 10 - 12 / 3:30 & 5:30 pm

Coming soon: Inception

Note: Movies, times and prices are subject to change without notice.
To learn more about the IMAX film format, visit www.imax.com.