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Bayeux tapestry set to return to the UK – in medieval times it was like an immersive art installation
Medieval people would have interacted with the embroidered players, giving them voice and enabling them to join the ...
The Bayeux Tapestry, a British Masterpiece, Returns to England After 900 Years
The embroidered work, depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, will go on display in London for the first time, on ...
Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK on loan after 900 years
The Bayeux Tapestry is returning to the UK more than 900 years after its creation, the Department for Culture, Media and ...
The Bayeux Tapestry Will Return to England for the First Time in 900 Years
The 230 foot long embroidered tapestry, which depicts the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, will go on display at the ...
Voices: There’s more to the Bayeux Tapestry loan deal than meets the eye…
COMMENT: Arranging for the historic depiction of the Norman Conquest, the Battle of Hastings and the killing of King Harold ...
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Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK for first time in almost 1,000 years
The tapestry deal has however been several years in the planning. In 2022 the British and French governments finalised a deal securing the loan of the historic embroidery to the UK.
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The 230-Foot-Long Bayeux Tapestry Is Returning Home to England for the First Time in Nearly 1,000 Years
The tapestry, which depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be on display at the British Museum in 2026. Officials have ...
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Bayeux Tapestry Will Return to the U.K. for the First Time in 950 Years
The Bayeux Tapestry will return to Britain for the first time in 950 years, according to rumors of a historic deal between ...
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Bayeux Tapestry: France Agrees To Historic Loan To British Museum
The British Museum has secured the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry, marking its first return to British soil in nearly a ...
Bayeux Tapestry headed back to Britain, a first in nearly a 1,000 years
In return, artefacts from the Sutton Hoo burial and the Lewis Chessmen will travel to Normandy as part of an unprecedented cross-Channel cultural exchange.