Bayeux Tapestry returns to Britain; new British Museum tickets go on sale

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For the first time since it was made nearly 1,000 years ago the Bayeux Tapestry has returned to England and the British Museum released batches of tickets for January and March 2027 today at 10am GMT. A visitor, Helen Jeffries, described entering via the museum’s Great Russell Street main entrance, passing airport-style security and a quieter timed-entry queue system that asked people to join only within five minutes of their slot. The exhibition space includes display cases of 11th-century weapons and large photographic banners about Hastings; Jeffries noted the visit fell close to the 960th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, fought on 14 October 1066. Jeffries warned the visit involves a lot of standing and said the audio guide was malfunctioning during her 18.10 slot, offering practical tips for autistic visitors such as knowing toilet locations and using the faster security queue for ticket holders. Demand for tickets appears intense, with multiple social posts reporting very large virtual queue positions, for example 121,657 and 158,938 people ahead in ticket queues. The British Museum is releasing further ticket batches and public booking windows continue to open, so more timed slots are expected to be made available in coming weeks.

Tiffany Baxter - MCM London F-19

@tiffbaxter.bsky.social

Norman Conquest Enjoyers rejoice! My Bayeux Tape is back in stock. I literally drew the embroidered stitches for this, it's not traced or nuthin. UK & US ⚔️: www.tiffanybaxter.com/store Everywhere Else ⚔️: tiffbaxtershop.etsy.com

A photo of my Bayeux Tapestry washi tape.

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Buckinghamshire Archives

@bucksarchives.bsky.social

You can book new tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum today! Please don't though because we're trying to get tickets ourselves and could do with a few less people in the queue.

342h ago

Winter023

Or you could visit @readingmuseum.bsky.social where a beautiful Victorian copy is on permanent display for free. No crowds, no booking.

cambrian-explorer.bsky.social1

I do find the ticket scrum rather amusing. Saw it in Bayeux circa 2000, there was no need to book unless you brought a large group, barely a queue and no barked orders to keep moving.

Susan Shaped1

Best of luck. I'll wave at you from the virtual queue. I've got to sneakily start queuing in the middle of a Teams call as well. 😂

ianVisits

@ianvisits.co.uk

Happy Bayeux Tapestry tickets queuing day to all those who celebrate.

174h ago

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH

@gavinyamey.bsky.social

Don’t forget that the tix go on sale tomorrow! We’re hopefully going in April 🤞 www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

1522h ago

Philip Cowley

@philipjcowley.bsky.social

"Kids, I think it's unlikely we're going to see the Bayeux Tapestry..."

131h ago

General Boles3

I hear there is availability for the Birmingham Tapestry

Ben Fenton2

Wait till it goes home and visit without the rush hour pressures. Plus you can get to do a D-Day beaches tour as an invasion tourism bonus. Better food, too. Your children will thank you for it.

Reading Museum

@readingmuseum.bsky.social

⭐ Our popular historic decorations are available in-store or online in the Reading Museum Shop ⭐ Our collection includes King Harold Godwinson with an arrow in his eye from the Bayeux Tapestry reading-museum-shop.myshopify.com/search?q=dec... #RDG #RDGUK #BritainsBayeuxTapestry

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Angel Avi🌈 & Mama

@avithegsd.bsky.social

Hellooo Henry and Boxer and Moose and Molly and Hugo and all! I have something to share! Our Bendor is at the British Museum today to swe the Bayeux Tapestry and he’s sent us a postcard! I’ll read it out! “wish you were here! I fear I am outnumbered!” #tweetchoir @tweetchoir.bsky.social

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tweetchoir6

o my gudniss ow wundaful to see it benda @bendor59.bsky.social an yess .. i wud hyd if i wos yoo #tweetchoir

Boxer🌈2

Oooh how fabulous! I’m sure they are no match for our Bendor 😉 #raeetchoir

Monkey

@monkeypicks.bsky.social

Expert on the news saying he could make an AI version of the Bayeux Tapestry tapestry but wouldn’t have the impact of the original.

Man from some history magazine wanging on

62h ago

Mayor of London's Culture team

@ldnculture.bsky.social

Set your alarm - more tickets go on sale for The Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum tomorrow! One of the wonders of the medieval world, the Tapestry offers a vision of life in 11th-century England. www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

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Helsbels

@helenus3.bsky.social

If any of my lovely followers want a free ticket to the Bayeux Tapestry at 2.20 today I've unexpectedly got a spare +1 entry with me at short notice. DM me if so!

21h ago

Adrie van der Luijt

@traumainformedcontent.com

There are 121,657 people in the queue in front of me for tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry. I've been lined up since 7am.

31h ago

Melissa Ngo

@melissango.bsky.social

Okay, yes, I would also be among the crowds in Britain vying to look at this amazing tapestry #artsky #history “historians advise adding a pinch of salt to a storyboard that unspools the narrative of William, Duke of Normandy, and his bloody invasion of England 960 years ago.” wapo.st/4zI7b4j

310h ago

ysy1976.bsky.social

@ysy1976.bsky.social

The Battle of Hastings took place in AD 1066. The Bayeux Tapestry depicts not only the battle, but also hints at everyday life. This feasting scene, alluding to the Last Supper, shows food preparation and dining during the Middle Ages.

113h ago

Thomas I-G

@thomasig.bsky.social

Just checked and there aren't any cats in the Bayeux Tapestry, so I'm wondering what's the point of queuing for tickets?

1h ago

Writing for Wellbeing

@writeforwellbeing.bsky.social

I got in the online queue for Bayeux Tapestry tickets, more of which are being released today, half an hour before the sales opened. I am - wait for it - number 51,706 in the queue! I wonder how many tickets are being released...

21h ago

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helenjeffries.wordpress.comThe Bayeux Tapestry: what an autistic can expect britishmuseum.orgThe Bayeux Tapestry truthseekers.comDid Bayeux Tapestry makers depict Halley's Comet to justify William's claim to England?

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