Crowds Flock to British Museum for Sold-Out Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition

Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at British Museum opens

The British Museum has so far sold a record 100,000 tickets for the highly anticipated showing of the medieval artwork depicting the 1066 Battle of Hastings.

Thursday briefing: 68 facts about the Bayeux tapestry as it goes on display

In today’s newsletter: No Bayeux ticket? Everything you need to know about the sold-out exhibition – from its epic journey to London to a Game of Thrones likeness Good morning. If you live in the UK, you have probably heard about the Bayeux tapestry exhibition, which opens today, and you probably haven’t got a ticket. The digital queue was nine-hours long when they first went on sale in July, and the exhibition has already broken the British Museum’s record for the number of tickets sold in a...

By Hettie O'Brien

Bayeux craze sweeps across the U.K. as 1,000-year-old tapestry exhibition opens in London

Ticket holders are allotted 40 minutes to view the 70-metre-long tapestry from an elevated platform, before heading down some stairs to view the stitching up close

Bayeux Tapestry 'mania' sweeps UK as sold-out exhibition opens

London's sold-out Bayeux Tapestry exhibition will open Thursday to a British public gripped by "mania" as the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England goes on display outside France for the first time.

Crowds flock to see Bayeux Tapestry on show at British Museum for first time

A number of visitors have dressed in medieval clothing for the occasion

By Holly Evans

Bayeux Tapestry 'mania' sweeps UK as sold-out exhibition opens

London's sold-out Bayeux Tapestry exhibition opens on Thursday to a British public gripped by "mania" as the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England goes on display outside France for the first time.

By RFI