The Workhouse Museum in Ripon is providing another illuminating experience.
The Allhallowgate building is being lit up shortly after dark each evening with displays celebrating the city’s past.
The images are being projected onto the museum, which is currently closed due to lockdown.
Organised by Ripon Museum Trust, the idea follows the successful Christmas lighting display, which used the building as a backdrop.
Ripon’s proud history of community service is captured in a photographic display projected onto the Workhouse Museum shortly after dark.
Called Serving Our Community – Images from Ripon’s Past, the light show features historic photographs from the Ripon Re-Viewed collection.
It includes images of civic leaders, emergency services, voluntary groups and others who have provided community service in the city.
The message taken from the past applies to current times, making the point that ‘together we are stronger’.
Helen Thornton, director of Ripon Museum Trust said:
“We had some fantastic feedback from the community on our Christmas lighting display and we wanted to keep it running.
“After talking with Ripon Re-Viewed, we came up with the idea to display some brilliant historic photos of Ripon in days gone by,
“It’s a way to bring the community together through our shared past, at what is a difficult time for many. Hopefully the display will intrigue and inspire anyone passing by the museum.”
Designed and created by locally-based audio-visual and lighting specialists Fusion LX, the light show runs for two hours each evening.
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Mandy Whitehead, project lead at Ripon Re-Viewed, said:
“A big thank you to the Workhouse Museum and Fusion LX for the opportunity at this time to share some of the fabulous images from Ripon’s past, of local people serving our community.
“We hope it will give the local community an insight into life in Ripon across the years.”
The display can be viewed for two hours just after dark.
Ripon’s three museums are currently closed due to the national lockdown.
Full details of the museums’ reopening will be published online at riponmuseums.co.uk as soon as they are available.
