The Mugar Omni Theater is a domed

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theater at the

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, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Description

The Mugar Omni is named after Stephen P. Mugar, the founder of

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, and his wife Marian G. Mugar. The Mugar Omni is non-profit and opened in 1987. Over 900,000 visitors came in its first year. It is the only domed IMAX theater in

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and is one of only 60 IMAX Theaters in the world to offer 180 degree domed viewing. The seats are set at a steep (cliff-side) angle and recline about thirty degrees, the screen is five stories tall, and the theater is filled with an impressive surround sound system. Because the screen fills a viewer's field of vision (including periphery vision) the screen and surround sound system give viewers the feeling of immersion and motion giving visitors a unique life like experience when viewing films. Viewers must turn their heads left to right up and down to capture all that is going on. The theater shows films of educational and scientific interest such as: ''Bears'', ''Beavers'', Amazing Caves'', Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure'' as well as select IMAX feature film releases in 1.43:1 aspect ratio.Mugar Omni Theater at Boston's Museum of Science
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was a host of the opening of the theater. The average 70mm Omnimax film reel is around 3 miles long, weighs 200 pounds, and needs to be configured manually.

References

External links

IMAX Think Big official website
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