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The legendary Bayeux Tapestry, nearly 1,000 years old and packed with epic medieval storytelling, is set to return to England for a special exhibition. Discover how this masterpiece was more than art—it was a full sensory experience in its time.
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The Bayeux Tapestry is headed to the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years.
The treasured 11th-century artwork will be on loan from France.
The 70-metre tapestry showing the Norman conquest of England in 1066 will go on display at the British Museum from September 2026 to July 2027.
Bayeux Tapestry to return to England after 900 years in landmark loan deal.
Artefact to go on display at the British Museum in exchange for Sutton Hoo treasures and Lewis chessmen.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/07/bayeux-tapestry-could-return-to-england-after-900-years-in-landmark-loan-deal/# #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews #BayeuxTapestry
Wow, the #BayeuxTapestry is going to visit England. Amazing. And the stuff from Sutton Hoo is astonishing. That's an interesting exchange.
Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: scene from the reproduction of the Bayeux Tapestry, seen in the eponymous museum, in Bayeux.
Important historian debate, about the Bayeux Tapestry! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/25/bayeux-tapestry-historian-genitalia-dispute #BayeuxTapestry
Bayeux Tapestry revisited.
Boys and their toys...
Oh wasn't the tapestry created by nuns? 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/25/bayeux-tapestry-historian-genitalia-dispute
TIL: there is a #needlelace massive table runner inspired by the #BayeuxTapestry in the #Smithsonian. Well, if we aren't selling off America on eBay yet, I guess it's still there.
Also, since this piece was written they did find out who made it.
The Bayeux Tapestry Begins Major Conservation Project Ahead of Museum Expansion https://www.medievalists.net/2025/02/bayeux-tapestry-begins-major-conservation-project/ #bayeuxtapestry #medieval #museums
Medieval toilet reveals lost palace of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king
A team of archaeologists has discovered what they believe to be Harold Godwinson, the last Saxon king of England’s, long-lost residence. Their research suggests a house in Bosham, in West Sussex, sits atop the remains of Harold’s one-time grand estate, famously portrayed in the Bayeux Tapestry.
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/lost-palace-of-englands-last-anglo-saxon-king/
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Archaeologists Identify ‘Lost’ Anglo-Saxon Site Depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry https://www.medievalists.net/2025/01/archaeologists-identify-lost-anglo-saxon-site-depicted-in-the-bayeux-tapestry/ #EnglishHistory #BayeuxTapestry #MiddleAges
It's a sign that I'm fairly local that I mostly read this article about archaeologists thinking they've identified a location represented on the Bayeux Tapestry as being from Bosham that I mostly thought to myself "Yeah, but how many people reading this don't know how to pronounce Bosham properly?"
Building at #Bosham, #Sussex, identified as “lost” home of #HaroldGodwinson featured in the #BayeuxTapestry: https://phys.org/news/2025-01-archaeologists-lost-site-depicted-bayeux.html #science #history #archaeology #archeology #norman #AngloSaxon
University of Exeter: Archaeologists find ‘lost’ site depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. “Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England…. Bosham, on the coast of West Sussex, is depicted twice in the Bayeux Tapestry, which famously narrates the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 when William, […]
