Bayeux Tapestry arrives safely at British Museum after leaving France for the first time in 900 years
- 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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France’s loan to England of this work of art shows how art has become more than culture and reveals how the great milestones of culture continue to be manipulated in the political struggle
The Bayeux Tapestry arrived on Friday in the UK for the first time after nearly 1,000 years, before an exhibition with exhausted tickets at the British Museum, being transported under police escort as part of a meticulous organized journey from France, writes Reuters.
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The Bayeux Tapestry has returned to England for the first time in nearly 1,000 years after being transported overnight from France in a tightly coordinated…
The carpet of Bayeux is shown for the first time in England. It reminds us that French-speaking colonialists dominated the country for a long time. William the Conqueror was in fact a "Guillaume". Why even French people pushed it out.
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