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Bayeux Tapestry Opens at British Museum After Rare UK Loan
The 70-metre medieval artifact is on loan through July 2027, and tickets are sold out until the next release, curators said.
- The Bayeux Tapestry has returned to the UK for the first time in almost 1,000 years, opening to the public on Thursday at the British Museum in London.
- French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the loan during a state visit last year, finalizing an agreement that withstood delays from COVID-19 and Brexit tensions.
- Insured for $1.1 billion, the tapestry is displayed flat inside a secure, state-of-the-art case, offering insight into the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
- Tickets are sold out for months, with the museum expecting 1 million visitors before the exhibition ends in July 2027; exhibition curator Michael Lewis urged visitors to be patient.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham joked that the artefact serves as a "reminder of one of Britain's biggest defeats," while Leonie Hicks of Canterbury Christ Church University described it as "very meme-able.
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