Date: 11 June 2025

Echoes of Yorkshire: The Museum Illuminated

Created by Luxmuralis

Friday 24 October – Sunday 2 November 2025

Light, colour and music surround you at the extraordinary light and sound installation by Luxmuralis in the York Museum Gardens this autumn.  From Friday 24 October to Sunday 2 November 2025, 6pm to 8.20pm, the internationally acclaimed Luxmuralis brings the story alive of the Yorkshire Museum and York Museum Gardens. Immerse yourself in the story of the historic site with contemporary light and music showcasing its age-defining artefacts and extraordinary exhibits. Join us to celebrate all that the museum and its gardens bring to our city and the wider north of England.

Created by the collaboration of Peter Walker, sculptor, and David Harper, composer, Luxmuralis travels the world creating stories in light and sound to audiences at locations such the Tower of London, St Paul’s Cathedral to city-wide open-air projections in places like Oxford and Limburg. Luxmuralis has enchanted hundreds of thousands with their unforgettable sound and light artworks.

This is York’s turn with the show titled ‘Echoes of Yorkshire’ taking place in York Museum Gardens across ten evenings. Refreshments will be available to purchase on the night, with multiple looping art installations to enjoy with the whole event taking approximately 1 hour to experience with stunning landscape lighting. Tickets are purchased in 20 minute intervals but once in the gardens you can journey through at your own pace.  The show is suitable for all ages, making it an enjoyable event for the whole family.  The audience will experience the gardens’ history from the Roman period to its time as an Abbey, and also showcase the Yorkshire Museum’s collections spanning 60 million years from the Jurassic, the Mesolithic, through to the Romans, Viking, Anglo Saxon and Medieval. Luxmuralis is all about fine art, light and sound reflecting closely on the history and heritage of places and weaves together the contemporary and the ancient.  The Yorkshire Museum and its gardens typifies a perfect location for such a show.

Siona Mackelworth, Head of Audience and Programme for York Museums Trust, says: “We are delighted that Luxmuralis agreed to produce a very special and bespoke show for us here in York.  This is a celebration of all that the Yorkshire Museum brings to the city, its history and the location as the repository of great discoveries and stories. With this amount of content, the Luxmuralis light and sound show promises to be amazing.”

Artistic Director of Luxmuralis Peter Walker says: “We’re thrilled to be collaborating with the team at Yorkshire Museum to deliver a truly distinctive experience set within the stunning and historically rich Museum Gardens. By drawing inspiration from the museum’s collections, this light installation will reimagine the architecture and landscape in an entirely new and transformative way.”

Tickets will cost £13.50 per adult, £9.50 for children aged between 5-16 years and children under 5 years go free. Tickets will be available to book soon via www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk.

The show is on a constant loop and once inside viewers can take their own time to journey through the experience. Ticketed entry time slots are given every 20 minutes when visitors will be permitted entry.  Please allow at least an hour to see all the illuminations within the gardens.

Please note we are only able to allow assistance dogs into the gardens during the event.

ENDS

Notes to Editors:

For further information, please contact Sarah Steel, Marketing and Communications Manager sarah.steel@ymt.org.uk / Amy Cope, Public Relations Officer on amy.cope@ymt.org.uk 07761 634646 or Kendra Grahame-Clarke kendra@kendrapr.co.uk / 07910 214474.

Photo Credits:

Please credit images as ‘Created by Luxmuralis’.

Yorkshire Museum Tickets to Luxmuralis will be available to book online soon at www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk. For information about the Yorkshire Museum and exhibits and events, please visit www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk

About Luxmuralis:

‘Luxmuralis’ is the name given to the artistic collaboration Peter Walker Sculptor and David Harper Composer, who specialise in immersive fine art, light and sound installations around the UK and abroad. Creating works across multiple media and presentation formats.

Core to their work is the exploration and development of fine art tradition through new media and place contemporary fine art, light and sound production in an art historical context. Luxmuralis take art onto the streets and provide access to visual artwork in public as well as unexpected places. About | Luxmuralis