Following the news that the Pompidou Centre is closing for five years, another famous French attraction is shutting down for ...
The Bayeux Tapestry, a 1,000-year-old masterpiece depicting the 1066 Norman conquest of England, will undergo major restoration, with its museum closing from August 31, 2025, to October 2027.
The 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry will go off display from August 2025 to 2027 for preservation, returning in a newly designed exhibition space.
France’s Bayeux Tapestry will be closed to the public for two years whilst the museum housing it undergoes a €38m renovation.
Since 1983 the tapestry has been on display in the Grand Seminary of Bayeux in northwest France, part of the Bayeux Museums complex alongside the Normandy Battle Memorial Museum and the Baron ...