Last updated: 28 October 2026. I checked the booking windows, ticket prices and membership rules in this Bayeux Tapestry British Museum ticket guide against the museum's own pages on 28 October 2026.
By Tristan ยท Arts, exhibitions and creative culture
The two dates that matter
January to March 2027 sold out after its 21 October release. The last block, April to 11 July 2027, opens to members in January 2027 and to everyone else in early 2027.
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Sold out until April, and the queue was 80,000 people long
The Bayeux Tapestry British Museum display opened on 10 September 2026 and runs to 11 July 2027, and every slot up to 31 March 2027 has already gone. So the useful question is no longer where to buy a ticket. It is how to get one at all. The last public release, for April to July 2027, lands in early 2027, joining as a member now buys no free visit and no early booking, and the National Art Pass does something different again.
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