The Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil after almost 1,000 years
7/10/2026, 12:30 PM - 214 words
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It's the middle of the night and I'm at the British Museum and I'm awaiting the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry. This thousand-year-old panorama tells the story of the Norman Conquest of England. It is one of the most famous medieval artworks in the world and for almost [music] a millennium it has resided in Normandy in France. But today it is coming to England for the first time since it was made here almost [music] a thousand years ago. The tapestry is being loaned to the British Museum by
the French in an act of cultural diplomacy to strengthen [music] and celebrate the ties between the two countries. Bringing it to England has involved a combination [music] of technology, secrecy, and extreme care. The tapestry is 230 ft long and to get it here it has been folded accordion [music] style, put in a climate-controlled case, nestled within a shockproof container to stop [music] it getting rattled, put on a truck, driven to the Channel Tunnel, put on a train through the Channel Tunnel, and
then it driven through Southeast England [music] into the heart of London where in the middle of the night, observed by very few people and with a police escort, it is going to arrive at the British Museum.