Bayeux Tapestry arrives safely at British Museum after leaving France for the first time in 900 years
The 11th-century embroidery will anchor a major exhibition, with the British Museum selling a record 100,000 tickets on its first day.
- The priceless 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry arrived at the British Museum under tight security in the dead of night following an 11-hour, 350-mile clandestine journey from France.
- Escorted by police, the 70-meter-long medieval artwork was transported via a vehicle shuttle train through the Channel Tunnel inside a high-tech, climate-controlled container equipped with vibration absorbers to protect its fragile wool-on-linen stitching.
- The highly anticipated arrival marks the first time the historic embroidery—which depicts the 1066 Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings—has been on English soil since its creation nearly a millennium ago.
- The high-stakes loan was negotiated as part of a cultural partnership while its permanent home, the Bayeux Museum in Normandy, closes for extensive renovations.
- Museum conservators will spend the coming days allowing the artifact to acclimate to its environment before preparing it to be displayed completely flat for the blockbuster exhibition opening to the public on September 10.
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The Bayeux Tapestry, a massive, 11th century masterwork that depicts the events surrounding the Duke of Normandy’s conquest of England, has returned to England for the first time in nearly one thousand years. The priceless historical treasure, which will be on display in the British Museum’s Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery from September 10 until July of 2027, was transported […]
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