IMAX at The National Media Museum

IMAX

Kung Fu Panda - IMAX

Kung Fu Panda:
The IMAX Experience

Join Jack Black, Jackie Chan and Angelina Jolie this summer and prepare for pandamonium as the latest animated feature from Dreamworks punches its way onto the giant IMAX screen.

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Kung Fu Panda: The IMAX Experience

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The IMAX Experience

Seeing an IMAX film at the National Media Museum is like no other cinema experience. Whether you are watching a classic IMAX film, a 3D IMAX film full of spectacular effects or the latest Hollywood blockbuster digitally re-mastered for the ultimate film format - IMAX is for everyone.

DMR - A new way of seeing blockbuster films!

Using IMAX DMR Technology 35mm films are digitally re-mastered into the giant IMAX format. With wrap around sound and stunning visual clarity, the film is 10 times larger than its original format and is an experience not to be missed!

IMAX current showing times and films, or download IMAX showing times (PDF 92kb). For more information about the IMAX Experience visit www.imax.com

IMAX Facts

  • The IMAX cinema was opened in 1983 (when the Museum was called the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television) and was the first ever IMAX cinema in Europe.

  • The screen at the Museum is 48' (14.63m) high x 65' (19.81m) wide.

  • The IMAX screen was lowered into the auditorium through the roof as there was no other way to install it.

  • Since 1983 over 5,000,000 tickets have been sold

  • The IMAX screen is perforated with thousands of tiny holes to allow the crystal clear sound to flow through it freely.

Showing Times

IMAX Ticket Prices

Adult: £6.95, Conc: £4.95

Saver: £15, Saver Plus: £20

IMAX DMR®
Adult: £8, Conc £6

Family: £19/£25

IMAX Films

Space Station - IMAX film

Space Station 3D
As astoundingly beautiful as it is technically dazzling, Space Station 3D is the first-ever IMAX 3D space film.

IMAX Films

Forces of Nature - IMAX film

Forces of Nature 2D
See the awesome spectacle of earthquakes, volcanoes, and severe storms.

IMAX Films

The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience

The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience
The follow-up to the action hit Batman Begins, The Dark Knight reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne.

IMAX Films

Lions 3D

Lions 3D: Roar of the Kalahari
Watch as an epic drama unfolds in this award-winning giant-screen film from National Geographic and Tim Liversedge Productions.

IMAX Films

Dinosaurs Alive! 3D

Dinosaurs Alive! 3D
Dinosaurs are alive in IMAX the summer.

IMAX Films

Dinosaurs Alive! 3D

Sea Monsters 3D
Accompany a team of palaeontologists as they work to solve an 82-million-year-old mystery ...

Mysteries of Egypt 2D
Classic IMAX, taking the audience through the antiquities of the Nile River Valley.