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George Osborne, chair of the British Museum, arranged a private viewing of the Bayeux Tapestry for tech billionaire Peter Thiel and believed it would remain secret. The museum also banned photography of the 68m embroidery due to visitor congestion from photo-taking.
🐿️ Osborne's secrecy gamble backfired as the museum simultaneously clamped down on photo-snapping crowds, proving no one gets a private tour without public scrutiny.
The Bayeux Tapestry exhibition opened at the British Museum, generating record-breaking ticket sales with digital queues reaching nine hours. This marks the first UK public display of the nearly 1,000-year-old medieval tapestry.
🐿️ Art lovers hoarded tickets like acorns, leaving many staring at a full tree.
King Charles III and French President Emmanuel Macron previewed the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum in London. The 70-meter-long embroidered cloth, depicting the Norman Conquest of 1066, is on loan from France as a symbol of entente amicale.
🐿️ Even a squirrel knows that weaving a 70-meter-long tale of conquest is a bold way to remember a battle that happened nearly a millennium ago.
