Months of talks were needed to secure an agreement that has been hailed as evidence of improved Anglo-French relations ...

For centuries, the remaining 230 feet of the tapestry have resided in Bayeux, a town of some 12,000 residents in Normandy, France.

Since 1983 the tapestry has been on display in the Grand Seminary of Bayeux in northwest France, part of the Bayeux Museums complex alongside the Normandy Battle Memorial Museum and the Baron ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, will go on display at the British Museum from September 2026 to July 2027.

Bayeux was hardly touched by the invasion; the Germans got out too fast. In this pleasant tourist town, life is much as it always was, except for the gala display of the Tricolor.

On a state visit, France's president announced the loan of the tapestry embroidered with scenes of the 1066 Norman invasion. It will return to the U.K. for the first time in more than 900 years.

France will lend Britain the Bayeux Tapestry, allowing the 11th century masterpiece to come back across the Channel for the first time in more than 900 years, in a show of friendship to mark ...

The Bayeux Tapestry will go on display in the UK in 2022, it has been announced. The landmark agreement means that the artwork will leave France for the first time in 950 years.

Close to 600,000 people visited the Bayeux Museums in 2024, with the majority of international visitors hailing from the United Kingdom or United States.