Tickets for the Bayeaux Tapestry
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Failed. I was on the site well before 10am when the queue starts and on the stroke of 10 you get given a queue number and a random slot in the queue, which you can't lose apparently. However as I was no 33451 in the queue and it was going down at about 4000 an hour it was no real surprise when, at about midday, the queue was closed and all tickets sold.
So no way around it and absolutely no way of getting in, which is a shame. I'd say the vast vast majority who wanted to get in won't.
So no way around it and absolutely no way of getting in, which is a shame. I'd say the vast vast majority who wanted to get in won't.
145,000 in the queue ahead of me.
No, I didn t get one!
I looked at taking out membership of the museum for advance tickets allocation but they closed that option off to new members. They must have had loads joining for that very reason (@£90/year) which would have prevented long standing members obtaining tickets
I’ll visit France one year to go see it.
No, I didn t get one!
I looked at taking out membership of the museum for advance tickets allocation but they closed that option off to new members. They must have had loads joining for that very reason (@£90/year) which would have prevented long standing members obtaining tickets
I’ll visit France one year to go see it.
Edited by The Gauge on Wednesday 21st October 14:53
I'm glad that I have no interest in going to see it.
There was a priority number open on Monday and Tuesday for residents of Hastings & Rother, this is one of the comments on a local facebook page:
"I dialled 600 times!! Only got through at 4:30 to get a recorded message saying call back another time"
There was a priority number open on Monday and Tuesday for residents of Hastings & Rother, this is one of the comments on a local facebook page:
"I dialled 600 times!! Only got through at 4:30 to get a recorded message saying call back another time"
Thankfully, I once saw it in Bayeaux, Normandy.
There is a copy in Reading - I am surprised that they aren't making more of it see this: The UK's main permanent Bayeux Tapestry replica is a full-scale 1885 Victorian hand-stitched embroidery housed at Reading Museum. Additionally, a 70-meter printed replica is on display at Tewkesbury Abbey through July 11, 2027.
Maybe either one would be worth a visit?
There is a copy in Reading - I am surprised that they aren't making more of it see this: The UK's main permanent Bayeux Tapestry replica is a full-scale 1885 Victorian hand-stitched embroidery housed at Reading Museum. Additionally, a 70-meter printed replica is on display at Tewkesbury Abbey through July 11, 2027.
Maybe either one would be worth a visit?
It s a curious thing, this London residential. I don t doubt it s a massive success for the British Museum.
The entrance cost surprised me. That s going to filter away a good number.
I can t help feeling a visit to the replicas, for pennies, would suit many better but I appreciate the attraction and how stunts like this get legs.
Likewise I happen to have read a few comments in various pages/threads in PH since it was announced it was coming to London and find it curious quite how many report the ease with which it could previously be visited in France. You might imagine many of those clamouring for London tickets would be well served popping into France for a look-see. I suspect the Venn diagram of those seriously interested in taking a gander at its temporary UK base would feature a very large number of those with the means and opportunity to sneak a trip to northern France into their lives.
Nearly but not quite the same thing but 30 odd years ago my now wife and I visited Paris (she didn t know it at the time but the underlying purpose of that trip was to get engaged). She was/is very interested in fine art. We visited The Louvre. The queues for the Mona Lisa were absolutely ridiculous. So we didn t see it. C est la vie. It exists. We can study it online or via replicas.
A revisit is exceptionally unlikely for us.
Hope you end up satisfying your curiosity one way or another, OP.
iOS v PH drives me up the wall.
The entrance cost surprised me. That s going to filter away a good number.
I can t help feeling a visit to the replicas, for pennies, would suit many better but I appreciate the attraction and how stunts like this get legs.
Likewise I happen to have read a few comments in various pages/threads in PH since it was announced it was coming to London and find it curious quite how many report the ease with which it could previously be visited in France. You might imagine many of those clamouring for London tickets would be well served popping into France for a look-see. I suspect the Venn diagram of those seriously interested in taking a gander at its temporary UK base would feature a very large number of those with the means and opportunity to sneak a trip to northern France into their lives.
Nearly but not quite the same thing but 30 odd years ago my now wife and I visited Paris (she didn t know it at the time but the underlying purpose of that trip was to get engaged). She was/is very interested in fine art. We visited The Louvre. The queues for the Mona Lisa were absolutely ridiculous. So we didn t see it. C est la vie. It exists. We can study it online or via replicas.
A revisit is exceptionally unlikely for us.
Hope you end up satisfying your curiosity one way or another, OP.
iOS v PH drives me up the wall.
Edited by scenario8 on Thursday 22 October 12:41
scenario8 said:
Nearly but not quite the same thing but 30 odd years ago my now wife and I visited Paris (she didn t know it at the time but the underlying purpose of that trip was to get engaged). She was/is very interested in fine art. We visited The Louvre. The queues for the Mona Lisa were absolutely ridiculous. So we didn t see it. C est la vie. It exists. We can study it online or via replicas.
You didn't miss much its tiny Edited by scenario8 on Thursday 22 October 12:41
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