Bayeux Tapestry Museum
Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux
An 11th-century embroidered cloth nearly 70 m long that tells the Norman conquest of England in 1066 in comic-strip form. It is inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.
The Bayeux Tapestry is about 70 m long and 50 cm wide. It is an 11th-century linen cloth embroidered with wool. Its 58 scenes depict William, Duke of Normandy's conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings. Halley's Comet also appears in it. It was inscribed on the Memory of the World Register in 2007. The original museum is in the old seminary and offers audio guides. Note: the museum has been closed for renovation since September 2025. The tapestry will be on loan to the British Museum in London from September 2026 to July 2027, and the new museum is expected to reopen after 2027. Check the official website before you travel.
Opening hours
Closed for renovation (reopening date per official website)
Nearby sights
- Bayeux Old Town & Aure Mills
- Bayeux Cathedral
- Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Baron Gérard (MAHB)
- Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy & Bayeux War Cemetery
- Longues-sur-Mer Battery
- Port-en-Bessin
- Arromanches & Mulberry Harbour
- Overlord Museum