"In what really is a huge deal, the Bayeux Tapestry is returning to the UK for the first time in almost a millennium this year. The event is such a big deal, in fact, that Time Out has named it as the number one thing to do in Britain in 2026. The medieval masterpiece was last on English soil 900 years ago, when it was made."
"It is hard to overstate the significance of this extraordinary opportunity of displaying it at the British Museum and we are profoundly grateful to everyone involved. This will be the first time the Bayeux tapestry has been in the UK since it was made, almost 1,000 years ago. We are also delighted to send the Lewis chessmen, and some of our treasures from Sutton Hoo - the greatest archaeological discovery in Britain - to France in return."
The Bayeux Tapestry will return to the UK for the first time in almost a millennium and will be displayed at the British Museum from September 2026 until July 2027. The 70-metre embroidered cloth narrates the 1066 Battle of Hastings and famously shows an arrow striking King Harold II in the eye. Most historians attribute the embroidery to Canterbury despite the piece residing in Normandy since its creation. Britain previously sought loans of the tapestry in 1931, 1953 and 1966 but the requests were declined. The British Museum will send the Lewis chessmen and some Sutton Hoo treasures to France in exchange.
Read at Time Out London
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