The Latest Breaking News from the British Museum

Normans, Nudes and No Queues: Reading’s Other Bayeux

While the British Museum queues for Bayeux, Reading offers space to breathe: a full-scale Victorian version, Norman ruins, plus grand rooms and a surprisingly serious restaurant at The Roseate Reading.

Evening Standard · 1h ago

Do the British Museum’s links with Palantir and BP bring it into disrepute?

Letter: Dr Chris Garrard responds to an article about George Osborne assuming that Palantir founder Peter Thiel’s visit to view the Bayeux tapestry would remain secret

The Guardian - UK · 15h ago

Korea at the British Museum: A dazzling, soulful trip through the history of nation

5/5 This exhibition races through over 2000 years of history with national treasures that will leave you exhilarated

Evening Standard · 18h ago

Talks over returning Elgin Marbles to Greece ‘collapse’

Greece’s prime minister said country would not accept ‘any arrangement that would require it to recognise the British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures’

The Independent UK · Sep 24

Greek PM: deal to return Parthenon marbles could still be reached with ‘political will and courage’

But Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he cannot accept any arrangement that recognises British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

British Museum bans photos of Bayeux Tapestry as crowds flock to display

The rules have been changed just two weeks into the exhibition

The Independent UK · Sep 21

Bayeux Tapestry craze prompts photo ban at British Museum

The British Museum said on Monday that it has banned people from taking photos of the Bayeux Tapestry to prevent crowds from backing up at the new exhibit. The 1,000-year-old artwork is on display in the UK after an unprecedented loan from France, and tickets are sold out until December…

France 24 · Sep 21

George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’

British Museum chair tells Big Brue festival he thought no one would find out about the private viewing

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19

The Bayeux tapestry: how this medieval wonder was reinvented for modern times

The Bayeux tapestry is back after a thousand years. Made in England at the end of the 11th century, the 70-metre masterpiece has returned for the first time in a blockbuster exhibition at the British Museum.

The Conversation · Sep 18

In 2019, seven detectorists found 2,584 silver pennies in a Somerset field; five years later...

Recently, a noteworthy trove of Norman-era silver coins was obtained for the nation, worth £4.3 million, establishing it as the most significant treasure discovery in British history. This cache highlights the political turmoil that ensued post-Norman Conquest of England. Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this historic…

The Times of India · Sep 17