IMAX's Next-Gen Laser Technology to Be Installed in Smithsonian's Three IMAX Theatres

IMAX Corporation

and the Smithsonian Institution today announced an agreement to install IMAX's next-generation laser digital projection technology in the Smithsonian's three IMAX^® theatres, enabling the Smithsonian to deliver the highest-quality digital content available – both documentaries and blockbuster films – and further enhance The IMAX Experience^® for its millions of visitors annually. Under the terms of the agreement, the Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater at the National Museum of Natural History and the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater at the National Air and Space Museum, both in Washington, D.C., and the Airbus IMAX Theater at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., will transition to IMAX^'s laser digital projectors in 2014.