Bayeux Talks Series: 1 Exhibiting the Bayeux Tapestry

A talk by Professor Michael Lewis on the Bayeux Tapestry’s significance and the story behind its loan to the UK and exhibition at the British Museum, hosted at Victoria Hall, Reading Town Hall.

Bayeux Talk Series 2026/27 – Talk 1

Exhibiting the Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry is the most famous artwork to survive from medieval Europe. The 70-metre-long embroidery narrates events leading to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the Norman Conquest of England.

As the only contemporary visual depiction of these events, it is a witness to history as well as a daringly ambitious undertaking, cinematic in its storytelling and imagery. Professor Michael Lewis discusses the story of the Bayeux Tapestry’s loan to the UK and its exhibition at the British Museum.

Speaker: Professor Michael Lewis (Curator of the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum)

Who: Adults

When: Saturday 24 October 2026, 11am – 12pm

Venue: Victoria Hall, Town Hall

Price: £15 per person (10% discount automatically applied when booking all three talks together via the basket)