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The Bayeux Tapestry is located at the Bayeux Museum in Normandy. The tapestry will be displayed at The British Museum September 2026 to July 2027.

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Pieces of the Bayeux Tapestry stolen by a Nazi scientist during the occupation of France were recently returned. The small fragments were presented to the mayor of Bayeux on January 15.

21.01.2026 22:32 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Please take a look at this wonderful thread!

21.01.2026 22:21 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Rest assured that utmost care will be taken in the transport and display of the tapestry!

20.01.2026 21:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Bayeux Tapestry will be returning to England for the first time in nearly a millennia. The British Museum will display the tapestry from September 2026 to July 2027 while the Bayeux Museum is undergoing renovations.

10.12.2025 23:40 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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“Here a certain clerk and Aelfgyva”

Who Aelfgyva and the cleric perhaps caressing or striking her face were is not known to us. Their stories have been lost to the sands of time but this affecting scene beneath an ornate arch endures.

07.01.2025 02:11 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
A hog from a 19th century portrait, expanded and edited so that it stars in the New York City Thanksgiving parade. It is being carried by a group of Ronald McDonalds (which doesn't make sense, but does make sense because the original image was of a Ronald McDonald float).

A hog from a 19th century portrait, expanded and edited so that it stars in the New York City Thanksgiving parade. It is being carried by a group of Ronald McDonalds (which doesn't make sense, but does make sense because the original image was of a Ronald McDonald float).

Happy Thanksgiving

28.11.2024 15:31 — 👍 2560    🔁 329    💬 47    📌 29
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Halley’s Comet as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry

28.11.2024 19:13 — 👍 28    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1

The #BayeuxTapestry will be heading off for some restoration work from Sept 1st 2025 for 2 years so it you want to see this amazing 1000 year old piece you need to visit before the end of next August or wait until Oct 2027.
Helpful note - Eco-Gites of Lénault is just 45mins from #Bayeux

28.11.2024 13:58 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Odo, Bishop of Bayeux

Historians believe Odo commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry and displayed it in his cathedral.

26.11.2024 02:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Edward The Confessor

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Harold, the Anglo-Saxon

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