#bayeuxtapestry — Public Fediverse posts

How is the Bayeux Tapestry still here after 1000 years? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPYXkP1Fb1I

#History #BayeuxTapestry

Competition invites children across the UK to reimagine Bayeux Tapestry's lost panel https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/18/competition-invites-children-across-uk-reimagine-bayeux-tapestrys-lost-panel?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BayeuxTapestry #Children

Missed out on tickets to see the Bayeux tapestry in London? A £1,000 hotel stay will get you in
By Helena Horton

British Museum’s £33 tickets sold out in a day but some slots have been reserved for guests at five-star One Aldwych

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/15/bayeux-tapestry-london-british-museum-one-aldwych-hotel

#Bayeuxtapestry #BritishMuseum #London #Culture #UKnews #France #Europe #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton

Missed out on tickets to see the Bayeux tapestry in London? A £1,000 hotel stay will get you in https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/15/bayeux-tapestry-london-british-museum-one-aldwych-hotel #BayeuxTapestry #BritishMuseum #London #Culture #UkNews #France #Europe

My guide arrived! I wasn't expecting this so soon! It accompanies the exhibition that I am visiting in December. This is my 40th birthday treat. I am so excited!

#History #bayeuxtapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry in London: ‘A diplomatic operation that almost never happened’.

Nearly 1000 years after chronicling the Norman conquest of England, the Bayeux Tapestry is making history once again.

The fragile 11th-century embroidery has arrived in London on an unprecedented loan to the British Museum, prompting delight and concern in equal measure.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260713-the-bayeux-tapestry-in-london-a-diplomatic-operation-that-almost-never-happened?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#BayeuxTapestry #France #UK #History #NormanConquest #Tapestry #Embroidery #BritishMuseum

Bayeux Tapestry unfurled, undamaged – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/76552

"Yesterday, over 18 painstaking hours, teams of French and British conservators and British Museum staff unfurled the 70-metre long artwork from the folding stand where it had been concertinaed, surrounded by protective mattress-type padding."

#History #Art #BayeuxTapestry

Saying that when the Bayeaux Tapestry was unfolded

I'm told there were tears

is a really unfortunate choice of words.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjd9qww1eo

#bayeuxtapestry

A new entente? How Bayeux tapestry’s London arrival is mending post-Brexit relations
By Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy is among first to view epic embroidery at British Museum marking big step in Anglo-French diplomacy

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/17/new-entente-bayeux-tapestry-london-arrival-mending-post-brexit-relations

#Bayeuxtapestry #BritishMuseum #London #Culture #France #Europe #LisaNandy #GeorgeOsborne #Politics #UKnews #Worldnews #Brexit #EuropeanUnion #Foreignpolicy #TheGuardian #NadiaKhomamiArts #culturecorrespondent

Forget the lions: five fun things to do or see to take your mind off the football
By Martin Belam

From cheetah cubs to uplifting sport to come, put England’s World Cup exit behind you with these suggestions

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/16/fun-things-in-england-to-take-your-mind-off-football

#England #England #WorldCup2026 #Zoos #Bayeuxtapestry #KateBush #WallaceGromit #Heritage #Museums #CommonwealthGames2026 #EuropeanAthleticsChampionships #TheHundred #Sport #UKnews #TheGuardian #MartinBelam

A 70-metre-long medieval masterpiece deserves a pretty spectacular welcome 🎉

So the British Museum projected a 200-metre-long "thank you" onto the White Cliffs of Dover 📽️

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at projecting the Bayeux Tapestry onto Shakespeare Cliff to celebrate its once-in-a-millennium loan to the British Museum 📜🏛️

#BTS #BehindTheScenes #BayeuxTapestry #globalmuseum #BritishMuseum #BayeuxTapestry

So yesterday the Bayeux tapestry was transported, and because of the chatter about it I learned a couple of things. The best being that there exists a replica in Reading. https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/breaking-bayeux-code-fine-details-britains-bayeux-tapestry so all you Brits, skip the lines and stroll at leisure.
Second I had forgotten all about it, but online you can zoom in and explore also at your liesure:
https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover-the-bayeux-tapestry/explore-online/
Third is the most funny bit and is about penises. The replica in Reading, being sown by Victorian women has the human penises neatly covered by pants.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jul/15/never-mind-the-norman-bollocks-readings-replica-bayeux-tapestry-is-a-prudish-triumph
#bayeux #tapestry #penises #replica #reading #bayeuxtapestry

#medievodons note that the #bayeuxtapestry has arrived in the UK, to be shown in the #britishmuseum from September
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9r54e5r4o

Test runs and a shock-absorbing cage: how Bayeux tapestry was moved to UK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/10/test-runs-shock-absorbing-cage-how-bayeux-tapestry-transported-to-uk #BayeuxTapestry #Heritage #BritishMuseum #Exhibitions #Museums #Culture #France #England #Europe #WorldNews #UkNews

The Bayeux Tapestry arrives safely in the UK on loan from France.

The medieval Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London early on Friday, after nearly 1000 years.

The tapestry is on loan from France for a year and will be exhibited at the British Museum.

Its journey has been surrounded by secrecy due to security concerns.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260710-the-bayeux-tapestry-arrives-safely-in-the-uk-on-loan-from-france?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#BayeuxTapestry #UK #France #History #NormanConquest #BattleOfHastings #BritishMuseum

I am coming to the big island in October to see the #BayeuxTapestry lads! (But I am bringing my own tea and Tayto though)

BBC News: Bayeux Tapestry arrives in UK for first time in 900 years under police guard BBC News - Bayeux Tapestry arrives in UK for first time in 900 years under police guard
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly9r54e5r4o

I only half-heard German news. Apparently, France has lent the British an old carpet.
OMG, have Brexit and politics made things in the UK that much worse? That they have to borrow old carpets?

It was about the Bayeux Tapestry. 🤣
In German, the word 'Teppich' can be used for tapestry as well as for a thinned out old carpet that you use for transporting a corpse. But the news speaker could have talked about a 'Wandteppich' if only he knew. 🤓

#languagelearning #German #BayeuxTapestry

Bayeux tapestry arrives on British shores for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ exhibition https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/10/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-british-museum-exhibition #BayeuxTapestry #France #England #BritishMuseum #Culture #Europe #WorldNews #UkNews #Exhibitions #EmmanuelMacron

There is a rich irony in the British Museum celebrating the (temporary) return of an important historical artefact, to Britain, from the foreign home where it has been housed and displayed for a millennium. Soak it in.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9r54e5r4o

#BritishMuseum #BayeuxTapestry

I enjoyed this Private Eye Bayeux Tapestry Cartoon #PrivateEye #globalmuseum #BritishMuseum #BayeuxTapestry #exhibitions #museums

I am told that a Victorian remake of the #BayeuxTapestry is displayed at Reading (near the station) and free to view. https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/bayeux-tapestry. Worth a thought when changing trains there.
https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/bayeux-tapestry

Tens of thousands rush for tickets to see Bayeux Tapestry in UK.
The 70m-long masterpiece will go on display in London for 10 months - the first time the tapestry has been exhibited on British soil.
More than 65,000 people joined in the online queue after the first batch of tickets were released at 10:00 BST on Wednesday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g49q5qyjxo #globalmuseum #museums #BayeuxTapestry

Bayeux tapestry tickets generate nine-hour online queues as public scramble for access https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/01/bayeux-tapestry-ticket-sales-british-museum-art #BayeuxTapestry #BritishMuseum #Art #Culture #UkNews #France #ArtAndDesign #Europe

Not enough people know that there is a near-perfect copy of the #BayeuxTapestry in Reading Museum, avoiding all the brouhaha:

www.readingmuseum.org.uk/bayeux-tapes...

#Bayeux

Britain's Bayeux Tapestry

When I was a kid my parents decided to make a detour on one of our holidays to see the #BayeuxTapestry…

It was in a very long and dimly lit tunnel of a room as I recall.

My brother and I just looked for people with arrows in their eye or up their bums…

There was also hardly anyone there. It’s like my childhood memories of Durdle Door. The time before these things were ‘discovered’.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/01/bayeux-tapestry-ticket-sales-british-museum-art