Test runs and a shock-absorbing cage: how Bayeux tapestry was moved to UK

<p>Medieval artwork safely delivered to British Museum before display from September in carefully controlled conditions</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/10/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-british-museum-exhibition">Bayeux tapestry crosses Channel in dead of night for historic exhibition</a></p></li></ul><p>The Bayeux tapestry has survived myriad perils, from cathedral fires to its potential destruction for use as wagon covers. Now, with the embroidery <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/01/bayeux-tapestry-ticket-sales-british-museum-art">about to be displayed in a blockbuster London exhibition</a>, experts must contend with a host of more insidious dangers.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/10/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-british-museum-exhibition">arrival of the tapestry at the British Museum</a> in the small hours of Friday morning was a historic moment – albeit less dramatic than the landing of William the Conqueror it portrays.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/10/test-runs-shock-absorbing-cage-how-bayeux-tapestry-transported-to-uk">Continue reading...</a>