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IMAX: Polar Express

An inspiring adventure based on the beloved children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. A doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole.

Run time 1 hr 40min. Rated G

 

IMAX: 3D Arctic: Our Frozen Planet

At the top of our planet lies a magical realm of snow and ice – the Arctic. Every year it is transformed by an annual cycle of freeze and thaw. For millennia, this steady seasonal beat has allowed life to thrive. But our planet is warming, upsetting this natural balance and the Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on Earth. Scientists are now discovering that what happens here, affects us all.

We will all be impacted by a warming Arctic… but none more so than local communities. Working with scientists, together they are shedding light on how changes to the Arctic’s natural balance affects each and every one of us … and they haven’t given up hope. Now it is up to us all to combat global warming and ensure there is a future for this fragile wilderness… Our frozen planet.

Run time 42min. CC. Rated G.

IMAX: Arctic: Our Frozen Planet

At the top of our planet lies a magical realm of snow and ice – the Arctic. Every year it is transformed by an annual cycle of freeze and thaw. For millennia, this steady seasonal beat has allowed life to thrive. But our planet is warming, upsetting this natural balance and the Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on Earth. Scientists are now discovering that what happens here, affects us all.

We will all be impacted by a warming Arctic… but none more so than local communities. Working with scientists, together they are shedding light on how changes to the Arctic’s natural balance affects each and every one of us … and they haven’t given up hope. Now it is up to us all to combat global warming and ensure there is a future for this fragile wilderness… Our frozen planet.

Run time 42min. CC. Rated G.

IMAX: 3D Wingsuit Flyers - The Science of Flight

The quest to fly like a bird, unaided by machine has captured the imagination of humankind as long as we have been gazing upon the world’s natural flyers. Wingsuit flight provides us with the chance to experience what it would be like to fly like a bird. Along with the world’s top wingsuit flyers and with the help of ever evolving wingsuit technology, audiences will be able to take flight from the highest points in Europe, soar over landscapes in Moab that resemble Mars, fly above the Great Barrier Reef and then land on it. The film will feature incredible footage from POV helmet cameras, drones, and specially designed helicopter rigs. From 18000 feet, we will also dive off into principles of flight, aerodynamics and materials engineering.

Run time 40min. Rated G.

IMAX: Wingsuit Flyers - The Science of Flight

The quest to fly like a bird, unaided by machine has captured the imagination of humankind as long as we have been gazing upon the world’s natural flyers. Wingsuit flight provides us with the chance to experience what it would be like to fly like a bird. Along with the world’s top wingsuit flyers and with the help of ever evolving wingsuit technology, audiences will be able to take flight from the highest points in Europe, soar over landscapes in Moab that resemble Mars, fly above the Great Barrier Reef and then land on it. The film will feature incredible footage from POV helmet cameras, drones, and specially designed helicopter rigs. From 18000 feet, we will also dive off into principles of flight, aerodynamics and materials engineering.

Run time 45min. Rated G.

IMAX: 3D Superhuman Body

Explore the Wonders of the World's Greatest Machine! Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels explores the inner workings of the human body and the incredible breakthroughs in science and bioengineering that are changing the course of human health. Told through the inspiring stories of the people behind these groundbreaking innovations, Superhuman Body will inspire you, move you and empower you  you'll be amazed what your superhuman body can do!

Run time 40min. Not Rated

IMAX: Superhuman Body

Explore the Wonders of the World's Greatest Machine! Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels explores the inner workings of the human body and the incredible breakthroughs in science and bioengineering that are changing the course of human health. Told through the inspiring stories of the people behind these groundbreaking innovations, Superhuman Body will inspire you, move you and empower you – you'll be amazed what your superhuman body can do!

Run time 40min. Not Rated

 

IMAX: 3D Cities of the Future

Imagine stepping 50 years into the future and finding smart cities designed to be totally sustainable. Renewable energy is our primary power source, space-based solar power provides solar energy 24 hours a day, everything is recycled, and you travel in individualized pods that run on little or no energy. This isn´t science fiction. Engineers are making plans for a sustainable world right now, and it's coming to the giant screen!

Run time 40min. CC. Rated G.

IMAX: Cities of the Future

Imagine stepping 50 years into the future and finding smart cities designed to be totally sustainable. Renewable energy is our primary power source, space-based solar power provides solar energy 24 hours a day, everything is recycled, and you travel in individualized pods that run on little or no energy. This isn’t science fiction. Engineers are making plans for a sustainable world right now, and it’s coming to the giant screen!

Run time 40min. CC. Rated G.

IMAX: The Trolley

Created expressly for giant IMAX® screens, The Trolley propels you on an electrifying and music-charged journey through great cities across the globe, revealing the trolleys own roller coaster ride: from humble birth to world-transforming success, to near obliteration in the automobile age, to its technological renaissance in the 21st century. From the trolley’s kinetic vantage, witness a century and-a-half of explosive change and discover the hidden magic of the trolley itself.

Run time 46 min. CC. Rated G.

IMAX: Flight of the Butterflies

Special Screening - The monarch butterfly is a true marvel of nature. Weighing less than a penny, it makes one of the longest migrations on Earth across a continent to a place it has never known.

Follow the monarchs' perilous journey and join hundreds of millions of real butterflies in the remote mountain peaks of Mexico. With breathtaking cinematography, be captivated by the true and compelling story of an intrepid scientist's 40-year search to find the monarchs secret hideaway. Unravel the mysteries and experience the Flight of the Butterflies..

Run time 45min. CC. Rated G.

Museum & IMAX 3D Documentary Film

See the film, experience the exhibition. Immerse yourself in the experience with an IMAX® and exhibition combo ticket!

IMAX: 3D Planète (A Beautiful Planet)

Special French Screening of A Beautiful Planet - A bord de la Station Spatiale Internationale, la planète Terre prend une autre dimension et la vie un autre sens. Les spectateurs de La Géode deviennent les occupants provisoires de l’ISS. Astronautes émerveillés,fascinés et pensifs en regardant la Terre, ils partagent l’expérience de leurs alter ego à 350 km d’altitude, imaginant alors vivre les conditions extrêmes de leur séjour… pendant 47 minutes, intenses, en immersion totale au sein de la thermosphère et dans la station spatiale.

Run Time 47 min. Rated G

Museum & IMAX Documentary Film

See the film, experience the exhibition. Immerse yourself in the experience with an IMAX® and exhibition combo ticket!

IMAX: Great Bear Rainforest

Special Screening - Journey to a land of grizzlies, coastal wolves, sea otters and the all-white spirit bear - the rarest bear on earth - in the film Great Bear Rainforest. Hidden from the outside world, the Great Bear Rainforest is one of the wildest places left on earth. Found on Canada's remote Pacific coast, it is the last intact temperate rainforest in the world - a place protected by the region's indigenous people for millennia. Now, for the first time ever, experience this magical world in IMAX and giant screen theatres, and discover the land of the spirit bear.

Run time 41min. CC. Rated G.

IMAX: Sensory-Sensitive Arctic: Our Frozen Planet

Sensory sensitive screening intended for guests who find the Immersive IMAX® Experience prohibitive.

At the top of our planet lies a magical realm of snow and ice  the Arctic. Every year it is transformed by an annual cycle of freeze and thaw. For millennia, this steady seasonal beat has allowed life to thrive. But our planet is warming, upsetting this natural balance and the Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on Earth. Scientists are now discovering that what happens here, affects us all.

We will all be impacted by a warming Arctic`but none more so than local communities. Working with scientists, together they are shedding light on how changes to the Arctic³ natural balance affects each and every one of us M and they haven´ given up hope. Now it is up to us all to combat global warming and ensure there is a future for this fragile wilderness`Our frozen planet.

Run time 42min. CC. Rated G.

 

Museum & IMAX Hollywood Feature

See the film, experience the exhibition. Immerse yourself in the experience with an IMAX® and exhibition combo ticket!

Available for scheduled feature films on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

IMAX: Sensory-Sensitive America's Musical Journey

Sensory sensitive screening intended for guests who find the Immersive IMAX® Experience prohibitive.

America's Musical Journey follows singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc as he traces the roots of American music and explores the great musical cities-places like New Orleans, Chicago, Nashville, Miami, New York City and more-where such electrifying art forms as jazz, the blues, country, soul and rock and roll were born.

Run time 40 min. CC. Rated G.

Museum & IMAX 3D Hollywood Feature

See the film, experience the exhibition. Immerse yourself in the experience with an IMAX® and exhibition combo ticket!

Available for scheduled 3D feature films on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Family Combo Membership

Get more out of your Royal BC Museum and IMAX® Victoria experience with a Family Combo Membership!

 

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