The Bayeux Tapestry is on display at the British Museum in London with sold-out bookings through early 2027, but a free full-size replica embroidered by Elizabeth Wardle and the Leek Embroidery Society in 1885–1886 has been viewable at Reading Museum since 1895. The 70-meter tapestry depicts the events leading to the Norman Conquest, from Edward the Confessor's death through Harold's journey to Normandy and his oath to William.
The Bayeux Tapestry, a Norman artwork likely created in Canterbury by English embroiderers after the Battle of Hastings, will be displayed at the British Museum from September—its first return to England in nearly 1,000 years. Despite probable English creation, the tapestry reflects a Norman perspective on their victory rather than Anglo-Saxon viewpoints.