British Museum announces changes to ease Bayeux Tapestry queues
First reported 4 Oct, 13:45 UTCUpdated 4h ago4 sources
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Measures include extended opening hours, as well as an audio guide and additional seating for visitors.
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Classicist and museum trustee visited the line after people complained of waiting for hours, with some turned away Mary Beard has intervened in the row about excessively long queues for the Bayeux tapestry by visiting the line and submitting a list of improvements to the British Museum. Beard, 71, is a trustee of the…
Measures include extended opening hours, as well as an audio guide and additional seating for visitors.
Plans are being made to increase opening hours, add more signage and introduce an audio guide for visitors at the London museum.
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- British Museum announces changes to ease Bayeux Tapestry queues (opens BBC News in a new tab)
Measures include extended opening hours, as well as an audio guide and additional seating for visitors.
- British Museum announces changes to deal with Bayeux Tapestry queues after hundreds were turned away or forced to wait hours (opens Daily Mail in a new tab)
Plans are being made to increase opening hours, add more signage and introduce an audio guide for visitors at the London museum.
- British Museum hopes to end Bayeux Tapestry queue chaos with new changes (opens GB News in a new tab)
The British Museum will introduce changes to the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in an effort to end queueing chaos. The historic exhibition, a collaboration between French and British officials, has made headlines for issues with long queues and overcrowding. Some visitors have had to wait up to two hours, while hundreds…
- Mary Beard suggests ‘tweaks’ to British Museum’s handling of queues to see Bayeux tapestry (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
Classicist and museum trustee visited the line after people complained of waiting for hours, with some turned away Mary Beard has intervened in the row about excessively long queues for the Bayeux tapestry by visiting the line and submitting a list of improvements to the British Museum. Beard, 71, is a trustee of the…
