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The Bayeux Tapestry Is Returning To The UK For The First Time In Nearly 1000 Years

Posted by karenl on July 12, 2025, 1:27 am

"The 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry, which details the Norman conquest of England, is returning home to Britain for the first time in nearly 1,000 years. It has been in France since 1077.

France will loan the 230-foot-long embroidered textile to the British Museum, where it will be exhibited from September 2026 to July 2027. Officials announced the agreement on July 8 during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the United Kingdom.

“For the first time in 900 years the Bayeux tapestry will follow the same path as the warriors whose stories it tells and land on British soil,” Macron explained at a recent state banquet held at Windsor Castle, per the Guardian’s Nadia Khomami and Morgan Ofori."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-230-foot-long-bayeux-tapestry-is-returning-home-to-england-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-1000-years-180986961/

Re: The Bayeux Tapestry Is Returning To The UK For The First Time In Nearly 1000 Years

Posted by Karen on July 12, 2025, 4:33 am, in reply to "The Bayeux Tapestry Is Returning To The UK For The First Time In Nearly 1000 Years"

In exchange for the tapestry Britain will send to France on loan the Anglo-Saxon treasures of the Sutton Hoo ship burial, the Lewis chessmen and other artefacts.

Here is the Guardian article.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/11/how-bayeux-museum-said-yes-to-tapestry-loan-uk

Re: The Bayeux Tapestry Is Returning To The UK For The First Time In Nearly 1000 Years

Posted by Hollie24 on July 12, 2025, 3:26 pm, in reply to "The Bayeux Tapestry Is Returning To The UK For The First Time In Nearly 1000 Years"

So cool!

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