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The Bayeux Tapestry's New Rule: No Photographs, Please

The British Museum has banned visitors from photographing the Bayeux Tapestry, the BBC reports, and the objection is to the standing still rather than the camera: visitors stopping to take pictures of the 68-metre medieval embroidery were holding up others, prompting the rule change. Sixty-eight metres is a long time to spend behind someone composing a shot.

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BBC World ↗British Museum bans visitors from photographing Bayeux Tapestry