Bayeux Tapestry tickets sell out in hours at British Museum
Entertainment · 2 July 2026
Written by AI from multiple news reports
Tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum went on sale on 1 July 2026, and demand was extraordinary. Around 80,000 people joined the online queue by mid-afternoon, with some waiting up to nine hours to book. All tickets for September to December 2026 sold out within hours, and the museum took in £2.5 million, making it their best-selling show ever.
The tapestry is a 70-metre embroidery made in the 11th century, showing the Norman conquest of England in 1066. It has been kept in France since 1983 and has never before been shown in the UK. The loan was agreed during French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit in July 2025.
The exhibition runs from September 2026 to July 2027, and further tickets will be released in October 2026 and January 2027.