Bayeux tapestry tickets generate nine-hour online queues as public scramble for access

The Bayeux tapestry is coming to the British Museum this September, and the public enthusiasm is staggering. When tickets went on sale Wednesday morning, online queues stretched to nine hours long, with up to eighty thousand people attempting to purchase tickets by mid-afternoon. According to the Guardian, the demand overwhelmed the museum's ticketing website, signaling massive interest in viewing this historic wool-on-linen artwork.

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