04-12-2025 16:17 via ianvisits.co.uk

British Museum is promising ‘Good Vibrations’ for the Bayeux Tapestry’s trip to the London

When the Bayeux Tapestry makes its historic visit to the UK next year, it will need to travel in a container that is exceptionally resistant to vibrations.That’s one of the conditions applied to the transfer, which the government has just revealed, ensuring that the precious tapestry does not experience more than 2 millimetres of vibration per second on its trip to London.
This is going to be a very interesting challenge for the engineers tasked with constructing a cargo box that can be lo
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