Explore Chattanooga Summer 2024

O ver at the IMAX 3D Theater, guests can once again embark on a (much) larger-than-life journey with one of the world’s most-famous insects — the Monarch Butterfly — with the return of Flight of the Butterflies 3D. This audience-favorite returns for a series of special screenings this summer. Viewers will follow these gorgeous pollinators on a multi-generational, 2,500-mile migration from the mountains of central Mexico to the United States. Along the way, they’ll learn about the important ecological role Monarchs play. Flight of the Butterflies 3D will be showing Monday, June 17 – Thursday, June 20 @ 12:00 PM | 3:45 PM & Friday, June 21 – Sunday, June 23 @ 12:00 PM Also showing this summer, guests can dip below the waves to learn more about the largest animal ever to have lived in Blue Whales: Return of the Giants 3D. The theater’s 89-foot-wide screen is ALMOST large enough to show the film’s namesake titans at true-to-life scale. Blue Whales: Return of the Giants 3D

follows two scientific expeditions as they study these gentle giants of the sea. One tracks a high-risk mission to discover a missing population of Blue Whales not seen in more than 50 years, while the other introduces viewers to Dr. Diane Gendron, the “Blue Whale Whisperer” studying the role these whales play in our ocean ecosystems from Mexico’s Gulf of California. Viewers will get the chance to hear about Dr. Gendron’s research firsthand during an appearance and discussion following a special screening of Blue Whales 3D on Thursday, June 6, at 6 p.m . Tickets will be available at the IMAX box office. The Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Theater will screen Blue Whales in Spanish at 11 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday in June. An up-to-date schedule of current films and advance ticket purchasing is available at tnaqua.org/imax. Also check for special upcoming feature film showings. An Aquarium/IMAX Combo ticket is also available online and at the box office.

Photos courtesty of: All Blue Whales: Return of the Giants 3D images credit: SK Films All Flight of the Butterflies 3D images credit: SK Films

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