Echoes of Yorkshire: A Great Success!

Friday, 24th October 2025

Press Release

Echoes of Yorkshire: The Museum Illuminated, created by Luxmuralis

This celebration of light, colour and music opened in October at York’s Museum Gardens. Echoes of Yorkshire, by internationally acclaimed Luxmuralis ran for ten nights until 2 November. The show brought alive the story of the Yorkshire Museum and York Museum Gardens and gave visitors a chance to immerse themselves in the story of this historic site with contemporary light and music showcasing its age-defining artefacts and extraordinary exhibits. York Museums Trust has hailed the event a great success, bringing new visitors to the city over the October half term. 

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. 

The show was suitable for all ages, making it an enjoyable event for the whole family.  The audience experienced the gardens’ history from the Roman period to its time as an Abbey, and also showcased the Yorkshire Museum’s collections spanning 200 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.  

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.