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The Mugar Omni is named after Stephen P. Mugar, the founder of Star Market, and his wife Marian G. Mugar. The Mugar Omni is non-profit and opened in 1987. [2] Over 900,000 visitors came in its first year. [3] It is the only domed IMAX theater in New England and is one of only 60 IMAX Theaters in the world to offer 180 degree domed viewing. The ...
The museum began as the Boston Society of Natural History in 1830, founded by a collection of men who wished to share scientific interests. Their first meeting was held on February 9, 1830 with seven original members in attendance: Walter Channing, Benjamin D. Greene, George Hayward, John Ware, Edward Brooks, Amos Binney, and George B. Emerson.
Mugar Omni Theater. In 1985, David Mugar gave the money for the Marian G. and Stephen P. Mugar Omni Theater at the Museum of Science, Boston. Armenian Library & Museum of America. In 1992, the former Coolidge Bank building in Watertown, which was bought by the Armenian Library and Museum of America in 1988, was dedicated to the memory of ...
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History confirmed Monday that it will proceed with a $21 million overhaul of its shuttered Omni Theater IMAX to convert the dome into an immersive 8K LED venue.
Omni IMAX at Fort Worth’s Museum of Science & History closed in 2020, but plans for a $20M overhaul will convert it into the world’s largest immersive digital dome in the world.
After going dark during the pandemic, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s Omni IMAX Theater is almost ready to reopen as an all-digital immersive dome. Fort Worth’s $22M Omni ...
Mugar was born on April 27, 1939. [1] He attended the Cambridge School of Weston and in 1962 graduated from Babson College. [2] The Mugar Omni Theater at Boston's Museum of Science was named after Mugar's parents, and Mugar was a museum trustee.
More than 50,000 students from Fort Worth schools roam the halls of the museum each year, and with the new Omni Theater next year, the museum looks to spark interest in learning in a unique way.