The Bayeux Tapestry Is Leaving France. Here's Why That Matters.

The 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry—an embroidered record of the 1066 Norman Conquest—will leave France for the first time in nearly 1,000 years. It travels to London's British Museum from September 2026 to June 2027 while Bayeux's museum undergoes renovations. Britain's Treasury secured the loan with an £800 million indemnity, covering transport via climate-controlled container through the Channel Tunnel.