WINNERS of a Worcester News competition enjoyed a visit to a new Ice Age exhibition.

The youngsters and their families were given 'golden tickets' for a private viewing of the exhibition which features a huge woolly mammoth as its centrepiece.

The youngsters had the chance to pose for selfies with the mammoth, crawl into an ice age shelter with torches, dress up as a scientist, examine fossils with a magnifying glass and use light boxes to draw their own sabre-toothed tigers.

The children were greeted by Professor Wally Mammoth, aka Jonathan Darby at the start of the tour.

The exhibition, which is free, is running through the summer and is part of Lost Landscapes; a joint project between Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service and Museums Worcestershire.

Information shows how areas near to Worcester, such as Powick, would have appeared during the Ice Age and a moose head, that had previously been kept in storage, is part of the display at the Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.

Among the winners was Glennis Campbell with granddaughter Talia, eight.

She said: "It was excellent. We liked that it was interactive and you were able to touch things.

"The size of it was very impressive."

Also there was Alfie Theakston, six, who enjoyed looking at Fluffy the woolly mammoth with Professor Wally.

Alfie said: "I liked all of it. I loved Fluffy!"

The exhibition has been funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England and features exhibitions at the Art Gallery & Museum and The Hive, where there is also an art installation Through the Mists of Time.

It runs until September 8 with a series of school holiday activities planned, including Cave Art day, when you can create your own cave painting, on August 9 while families can make ice age costumes and adornments on August 23.