Airbus IMAX Theater in Chantilly, VA

The Airbus IMAX® Theater at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center features the largest IMAX screen in Northern Virginia, towering six stories high.

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Hollywood feature-length films ranging from documentaries to narrative fiction are on mission for the Smithsonian. See our FAQ for more information.

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center

Aircraft and spacecraft in a hangar-like setting

Free, no passes needed

10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
Closed Dec. 25

14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA

Aircraft Carrier: Guardians of the Sea

The mission to protect and defend the world's oceans has become far more complex and challenging in recent years, and naval aviation has become increasingly vital to success.

Showtimes
- 04:00pm
Deep Sky

Deep Sky brings the awe-inspiring images captured by NASA's Webb Telescope to IMAX®.

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- Time Unavailable
  01:15pm
DREAM BIG: Engineering Our World

DREAM BIG: Engineering Our World is a giant screen film that will transform how we think about engineering. From the world’s tallest buildings to underwater robots and a solar car race across Australia, DREAM BIG celebrates the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels big and small, and shows how engineers push the limits of innovation in unexpected and amazing ways.
F1® The Movie

In the 1990s, Sonny Hayes was Formula 1's most promising driver until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later the owner of a struggling F1 team convinces Sonny to return to racing and become the best in the world.

Showtimes
- 04:50pm
- 08:00pm
Journey to Space

Discover how NASA’s shuttle program has led to its exciting new era of space exploration.
Space: The New Frontier

Space: The New Frontier captures a time as epic as the Giant Screen, and as real as our present moment. Come aboard: life on earth or in space will not be the same again.

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- Time Unavailable
  10:30am
Superman

Superman, DC Studios’ first feature film to hit the big screen, is set to soar into theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures.
Superpower Dogs

Experience the life-saving superpowers and extraordinary bravery of some of the world's most amazing dogs. In this inspiring true story, our best friends are also real-life superheroes. Journey around the globe to meet remarkable dogs who save lives and discover the powerful bond they share with their human partners.
T. REX

With leaps in CGI wizardry and revolutions in tyrannosaur paleontology over the past twenty-five years, the time has come to revisit rex in the world's prestigious museum cinemas.

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- Time Unavailable
  12:20pm
- 03:05pm
The Blue Angels

Soar with The Blue Angels in a brand-new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage that chronicles a year with the Navy’s elite Flight Demonstration Squadron.

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- Time Unavailable
  11:20am
- 02:05pm
To Fly!

Take a multi-stop journey through the history of flight in this classic IMAX adventure. Watch the Earth drop away beneath as you ascend into the sky in an 1800s gas balloon; soar across the Arizona skies with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels and blast off into space on a Saturn rocket