Tens of thousands rush for tickets to see Bayeux Tapestry in UK

The historic masterpiece will travel from France to go on display on UK soil for the first time.

Thousands rush to get tickets for Bayeux Tapestry's UK show

The UK exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry is set to run from this September to next July.

Bayeux tapestry tickets generate nine-hour online queues as public scramble for access

Reports say up to 80,000 people waiting by mid-afternoon for chance to see historic artwork at British Museum People keen to see the Bayeux tapestry faced online queues of up to nine hours when tickets went on sale for the first time on Wednesday morning. The British Museum, which is hosting the wool-on-linen artwork from September, saw huge traffic to its ticketing website as a scramble for access began. Continue reading...

By Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

‘Glastonbury-style’ rush for tickets as tens of thousands try to bag chance to see Bayeux Tapestry in London

Those in the queue can expect a nine-hour long wait for tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry

By Bryony Gooch

Tens of thousands rush for tickets to see Bayeux Tapestry in UK

Once in a 1,000-year chance to see Bayeux Tapestry in England makes for sell-out show

The British Museum expects “huge demand” for its exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry, its director said on Wednesday, as tickets went on sale to see the 11th-century artwork that is returning to England from France for the first time in nearly 1,000 years. People across Britain are seizing the chance to see the tapestry depicting […]

Thousands rush to get tickets for Bayeux Tapestry's UK show

Thousands rushed to get tickets Wednesday for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in London, with the 11th-century artwork depicting the 1066 Norman conquest of England set to be transported from France for its first showing in the UK.

By RFI