The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London for the first time in nearly a millennium, completing a secretive and complicated journey back to British soil.
The metal case holding the 11th-century medieval masterpiece was unloaded from a truck at the British Museum on Friday.
"It's a unique moment," museum director Nicholas Cullinan said after the tapestry arrived from France in the darkness of the early morning hours. Museum staff and diplomats broke into applause after the case holding the tapestry was extracted from the truck in LondonImage: Kwiyeon Ha/AP Photo/picture alliance
"It's the first time in 1,000 years that such an important piece of British — French too — history is going to be on these shores," he said.
Secured on loan from France, the tapestry will go on display at the British Museum from September 10 until July 2027.
