Bayeux Tapestry arrives safely at British Museum after leaving France for the first time in 900 years
The 11th-century embroidery will be shown for the first time in nearly 1,000 years, with 100,000 tickets sold on the 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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Bayeux Tapestry returns to Britain for first time in nearly 1,000 years
The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first time in nearly 1,000 years ahead of a sell-out exhibition at the British Museum, travelling under police escort during a meticulously choreographed journey from France. The 70-metre (230-foot) embroidery, which depicts the 1066 Norman conquest of England, was transported in an air-conditioned, anti-vibration crate under […]
After nearly 1,000 years, the world famous rug from Bayeux has returned to England.
Dead-of-night operation brings famed Bayeux Tapestry back to Britain after nearly 1,000 years
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Under police escort in the early hours of Friday, the Bayeux Tapestry arrived back in Britain after an absence of almost 1,000 years. The journey that the world-famous 11th-century artwork took to arrive at the British Museum in London, where it will be on display between September and
The huge canvas is a piece of English history, but it has always been in France: now it has been taken to the British Museum with a very delicate journey
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