Bayeux Tapestry

France resisted loan of Bayeux Tapestry for ‘decades’, Macron says during British Museum visit

The French president made the comments yesterday at a ceremony attended by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK for first time in almost 1,000 years

The tapestry will be displayed at the British Museum from September 2026, as part of a bilateral season of culture between the UK and France

Head to head: medieval experts clash over exact number of penises in Bayeux Tapestry

In a new blog post, a scholar in Anglo-Saxon nudity doubles down on his belief that the mystery appendage is a phallus, not a scabbard

Digitising the Bayeux Tapestry: Victoria and Albert Museum will work with French city to research famous Medieval work

London museum signs memorandum of understanding with Bayeux city officials to develop curatorial and scientific exchange

Entente cordiale: governments sign deal securing loan of Bayeux Tapestry to the UK in 2022

Cross-channel collaboration involves translating, conserving and digitalising the historic embroidery