So because after 1000 years it needs some sprucing up check it out now… Bayeux Tapestry and the weave of history.
The Medieval version of a Netflix drama, the scroll of the Battle of Hastings is getting taken down for a clean-up from this September.
There’s a lot of activity around the old 68m-long drape and William the Conqueror in the Bayeux Museum.
In preparation for William the Conqueror’s Millennium 2027 celebrations in Normandy.
All of which we on my islands of Britain and Ireland are being asked to get in on.
With the Bayeux Museum £32m revamp and the construction of a contemporary extension.
To reflect the “monumental nature of the tapestry”.
History is the new rock’n’roll
Twas all very showbiz we imagine back in the 11th century.
And because history is the new rock’n’roll a little bit of glitz here for you.
The Bayeux Museum recently acquired an 1872 lifesize replica of the tapestry from the estate of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts.
And it will use this to track the deterioration and alterations to the tapestry over the last 150 years.
Phil steam ahead
Rockers dabbling in history is actually not novel which shouldn’t be surprising as a good story is naturally in our artists’ DNA.
With Phil Collins the modern poster boy with his catalogue of Alamo artefacts which he donated to San Antonio in Texas.
And which, of course, I saw first hand in the pride of the Lone Star State and you should too.
Back to the Bayeux and what can you expect when the Museum reopens in two years’ time.
Well, the tapestry will be installed behind a display case on an inclined table measuring the full 70m length of the tapestry.
And it should be breathtaking if design studo Atelier BLAM’s past work is anything to go by.
With the designers showcasing their expertise at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
With the creation of the mechanical horse galloping along the river Seine.
How to get there
And Normandy is, of course, easy to reach, by trains, planes, ferries and automobiles.
With ferries leaving from Portsmouth, Poole, Newhaven, Dublin, and Rosslare.
And 101 train stations across the region.
Or fly into Caen which has its own millennium celebrations this year.
And where you can get into part with the medieval reenactments, parades, concerts and theatrical performances.
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