Thousands join online queue as Bayeux Tapestry tickets open in London

number 13,600 in the queue to get bayeux tapestry tickets. someone right now is at number 1066 and is freaking out

‘The landscape offers the same russet and ochre hues as the Bayeux tapestry’: walking the 1066 trail in East Sussex

Nothing makes me feel young and hip like logging on here and reading about church schisms and the long queue to see the Bayeux Tapestry.

Once in a 1,000-year chance to see Bayeux Tapestry in England makes for sell-out show reut.rs/4eGECg0

Reading’s unique full-size replica of the Bayeux Tapestry is 140 years old this year! Visit for free or book a guided tour with one of our expert team. From September you can compare it to the original on display at the other end of the Elizabeth Line in the British Museum! #BayeuxTapestry

In the queue for #BayeuxTapestry tix? How about some light reading? theconversation.com/the-bayeux-t...

For those who fail today to get tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry, you just need to jump on the Elizabeth Line. There is an extraordinary full size Victorian replica in the Reading Museum, embroidered, and each panel signed, by the ladies of the Leek Embroidery Society.

🎟️ Tickets for the historic Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum go on sale today! We love these 1966 commemorative postage stamps by David Gentleman, taking scenes from the Battle of Hastings as depicted on the tapestry, and intricately engraving them on boxwood blocks for printing.

Saw the prices for the Bayeux Tapestry in London 😳. Went to see it in Bayeux in 2022 for an extra €1 on a multi-ticket for the local museums, just to see we'd seen it. Actually really enjoyed it. You got a headset and walked along panel by panel while the headset explained what you were seeing.

Rock and roll! I am now 46,391 in the queue to get tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry in London. I stand more chance of successfully retaking France BUT I FIGHT ON! www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

now's the time for Reading Museum's full-scale replica of the Bayeux Tapestry to shine

The wait to see the Bayeux Tapestry in England again is 949 years and one hour

🇫🇷 🇬🇧 Thousands rushed to get tickets Wednesday for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in London, with the 11th-century artwork depicting the 1066 Norman conquest of England set to be transported from France for its first showing in the UK. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKcB

I’ve seen a lot of people commenting on the Bayeux Tapestry’s ‘return to the UK after almost 1,000 years’. While certainly very exciting, it’s worth highlighting that it’s more likely c. 600 years, as there is evidence to suggest the BT was not in Bayeux, or indeed in Normandy, before the 15th c. 1/

1/3. Saw the (largely) faithful, full size replica of the Bayeux Tapestry @readingmuseum.bsky.social yesterday. Unlike the British Museum's forthcoming exhibition, it's free and there are no crowds. You can book yourself on an excellent tour, too www.readingmuseum.org.uk/bayeux-tapes...