How do you transport a 1,000-year-old tapestry across the channel? The Bayeux Tapestry, a massive 11th-century embroidered cloth chronicling the Battle of Hastings in 1066, is on its way to the UK from France, headed for the British Museum. But it's taken a custom built box, temperature control and shock absorbers, all costing £1m to get it there. #france #history

Conservation of 17th Century Mortlake Tapestry