Bayeux
Subprefecture and commune in Normandy
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| 2024 | The opening credits of the second season of House of the Dragon were redesigned with an animated sequence inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry. |
| January 2024 | The Bayeux Museum acquired a Victorian replica of the Bayeux Tapestry from Charlie Watts's estate auction for £16,000. |
| 2022 | A French documentary 'Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry' was broadcast by BBC Four, exploring scientific analysis of the tapestry's pigments. |
| 2022 | Planned exhibition at the British Museum in London was objected to on conservation grounds, ultimately not proceeding. |
| 2020 | The Reading Museum's replica of the Bayeux Tapestry was digitised and made available online. |
| September 2020 | Mia Hansson published 'Mia's Bayeux Tapestry Colouring Book' with hand-drawn images from the tapestry. |
| 2018 | French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to loan the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain for public display. |
| 2017 | Sandra Sawatzky created the Black Gold Tapestry, depicting 5000 years of oil history. |
| July 13 2016 | Mia Hansson from Skanör, Sweden, started a reproduction of the Bayeux Tapestry. |
| 2014 | The Margaret ReVille replica was acquired by the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega. |
| 2014 | The hand-painted Bayeux Tapestry replica was acquired by the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega. |
| June 2014 | The Danish Vikingegruppen Lindholm Høje completed their replica of the Bayeux Tapestry. |
| May 2014 | The Danish replica of the Bayeux Tapestry went on permanent exhibition at Børglum Abbey. |
| January 2013 | 416 residents of Alderney in the Channel Islands finished a continuation of the Bayeux Tapestry including William's coronation and the building of the Tower of London. |
| 2011 | Jason Welch, a woodcarver from North Creake, Norfolk, England, began creating a replica of the tapestry in carved and painted wooden relief. |
| 2010 | The Prestonpans Tapestry was created, chronicling the events of the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745. |
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