Overview
- The 70‑metre Bayeux Tapestry arrived at the British Museum in July 2026 and is now on display in the Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery with tickets sold out through December.
- A specialist Franco‑British team supervised the careful transport and conservation of the fragile embroidered cloth before it was installed in Room 30.
- Hastings MP Helena Dollimore won priority free booking for schools in Hastings and nearby '1066 Country' after months of campaigning and a parliamentary debate.
- The British Museum’s Bayeux Around Britain programme is showing the Stothart Cast at Hastings Museum and the Hastings Embroidery at Hastings Town Hall to widen local access.
- BBC Two will air Secrets Of The Bayeux Tapestry, narrated by Sir Michael Palin and featuring leading historians, while the Stothart Cast derives from 1816 wax impressions used as one of the closest historic replicas.