Published on
01/07/2026 - 17:41 GMT+2
Up to nine hours of waiting and more than 75,000 people in the queue. Bookings opened on Wednesday 1 July for the London exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry.
The British Museum, which will host the textile masterpiece, had warned visitors that their website would almost certainly be "very busy". And they were right. When bookings opened at 11 a.m., more than 10,000 people were already in the virtual waiting room.
Around 3 p.m., Euronews noted that the site was showing a queue of more than 76,000 people. "It is still recommended to book online, but waiting times can be up to nine hours," the site warned.
