Bayeux Tapestry arrives safely at British Museum after leaving France for the first time in 900 years
The 70-meter embroidery will draw about 7.5 million visitors and marks a major Franco-British cultural exchange, officials said.
- 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 tapestry depicts the history-changing Battle of Hastings. The museum sold a record 100,000 tickets for the exhibition on its first day.
The tapestry of Bayeux, a monumental work of the Middle Ages, arrived from France to London after a historic transfer and under high surveillance.
The carpet tells in 58 scenes with more than 600 figures and about 500 animals the story of the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Now the fragile masterpiece was brought to London under strict security precautions.
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Bayeux Tapestry Returns to Britain After Nearly 1,000 Years in Landmark Cultural Homecoming
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Bayeux Tapestry returns to UK after 1,000 years
What happenedThe Bayeux Tapestry, a wool-on-linen depiction of the Norman conquest of Anglo-Saxon England in 1066, arrived in London this morning after a secret journey from France. It’s the first time the Medieval artwork has returned to Britain since its creation nearly 1,000 years ago. The high-security, “dead of night” delivery to the British Museum was “like a heist movie in reverse,” The Associated Press said.Who said whatThe Bayeux Tapest…
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