Best scene of the tapestry, the overloaded servant feeding the troops after crossing the channel on their way to war.
I'd heard the name, but really had no idea what the Bayeux Tapestry was until I saw it in the museum. It is one of the first comics! On a single long piece of linen, it covers the events leading up to William the Conqueror taking over England in 1066. It is one of a kind, historically important in many ways and kind of a miracle that it has survived at all, much less intact.
The museum is lovely. I would totally sit here on a sunny day.
I love that they have their own chairs.
Famous folks have visited. This was Charles and Diana visiting to commemorate the 900th anniversary of William the Conquerors death.
The first thing you do is view the tapestry. No photos, so I bought a couple of the books :)
The gift store was so good that we bought all of our gifts in one fell swoop. So good!!
Look at these super fun gifts for kids! T-shirt and stickers!
You can take the audio tour. Which is free, in many languages, and is likely fantastic. We of course did not do that. That would have been too easy.
We recreated the story while viewing the tapestry. The bottom postcard for example is crossing the channel with boat loads of men.
We did a pretty good job of figuring out the story. We bought the official version in book form. If you are pressed for time maybe you just see the tapestry and then duck out. But you shouldn't!
The rest of the museum is fantastic! So many dioramas! They go into great detail on several historical aspects.
Domesday book
Once again logistics! If you know who owns what, you can tax them more effectively. William did such a complete survey of the people and the land that no one tried to do it again for almost 1000 years! During that time time it was the definitive source in land disputes.
Those boats used to cross the channel? Well, some folks built one in 1997 and sailed it to prove it could be done, and here is sits in the Bayeux museum!
People recreate the embroidery.
Cracks me up to put a picture of one of the longest lasting linens onto disposable napkins.
Magnet of another favorite scene. This is as close as you get to moving pictures in comic form. Feel the tumbling of horses in battle.
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