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Date/Time
Date(s) - 13/02/2025
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location
Reading Museum
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In 1885 the owner of a silk and thread factory in Derbyshire commissioned 35 skilled Victorian lady embroiderers to recreate this 70-metres long faithful replica of the famous Bayeux tapestry, depicting events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It is now displayed in its own specially designed Bayeux long-gallery, which takes up the first floor of the Reading Museum. Historians believe the original was made in 11th century Norman England in either Canterbury or Winchester.