Secret Hills exhibition at the Discovery Centre

The perfect place to start your exploration of the Shropshire Hills, the Secret Hills exhibition dips into the stories of the area and gives you endless ideas for other places to visit and things to go and see.

You can find out about the chilling Ice Age and meet our Mammoth - a full size replica of the skeleton found at Condover, near Shrewsbury. You'll get a flavour of life in the Iron Age and discover the story of some of Shropshire's many medieval castles. You'll also see some of the people, places and products which continue to make the Shropshire Hills a special place today. There is plenty to interest the adults. To entertain the children during your visit we'll challenge them to become landscape detectives, with our Timeline Trail. Hopefully by the end of your visit, when you head out into the hills, you should be able to spot some of their stories yourself.

The centre-piece of the exhibition means you can take off with our film panorama: an innovative, cutting-edge movie presentation. It has been filmed using a high-definition, digital, four camera rig, fixed to a hot air balloon. This creates an extraordinary panoramic view of the Shropshire Hills, projected onto a 180-degree curved screen with surround sound, giving you the illusion of actually drifting across the landscape.

For general information about admission prices, openings times and anything else you might need to know follow the 'Useful Information' link.

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