Palantir Boss Given VIP Viewing of Bayeux Tapestry by British Museum
The museum said the visit was hosted by its director of development while the gallery is still under construction and public tickets were scarce.
- On August 18, The British Museum hosted Palantir co-founder Thiel for a private viewing of The Bayeux Tapestry, with Charlotte Appleyard, the museum's director of development, hosting the visit.
- While the gallery remains under construction, The British Museum strictly limits public viewings, creating intense demand that resulted in online queues of nearly 80,000 people when tickets first became available.
- Museum staff expressed concern regarding allocation of scarce "lux hours" to a guest with no known museum interest, while leadership faced warnings about public perception given Thiel's historical connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
- The Epstein Files revealed repeated contact between Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein from 2014 onwards, including financial investments by Epstein's firm of about £29.5m , though Thiel denies visiting Epstein's island or involvement in trafficking.
- Officials confirmed no public light hours were diverted for the private viewing, and The British Museum maintains strict protocols to limit cumulative light damage to The Bayeux Tapestry; the next wave of public tickets opens October 21.
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British Museum has received the billionaire in the field of technology Peter Thiel, the subject of numerous controversy in recent years, in the exhibition space dedicated to the Tapestry of Bayeux to be able to see privately the exposed considered a treasure by both France and Britain, reports The Guardian. Sources have declared for The Guardian ...
The controversial billionaire viewed the work privately before the exhibition opened, while tens of thousands of visitors waited up to nine hours in an online ticket queue.
American billionaire Peter Thiel saw the Bayeux Tapestry, borrowed by Britain's France and exhibited at the British Museum, before the tens of thousands of British who bought tickets to have...
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