IMAX Aerospace Education Center and Episphere Planetarium

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The IMAX Aerospace Education Center and Episphere Planetarium is a theater, museum, and education center located near the Little Rock Airport. The center shows IMAX movies on a six-story tall screen, and does planetarium shows in a unique EpiSphere Digital Dome Theatre. The museum houses a World War I Sopwith Camel F-1 and JN-4D Curtis Jenny, a 1903 Wright Flyer replica, a 1946 J3 Piper Cub, a locally-built Command Aire plane, an experimental X-Wing Cobra used in pylon races, and a replica Apollo service command module. The museum is also home to the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame. Other vehicles on exhibit include a 1929 Ford Model A automobile and a 1913 Detroit Electric car. A gift shop called Right Stuff and Central Arkansas Public Library branch are also located on the premises.

The IMAX center is located at 3301 East Roosevelt Road near the Little Rock National Airport. Hours for the museum are Tuesdays through Thursdays from 9 AM to 3 PM, Friday from 9 AM to 9 PM, Saturday from 11 AM to 9 PM, and Sunday from 11 AM to 6 PM.

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Aerospace Education Center homepage