Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 70212

Bayeux Tapestry

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Helena Dollimore

Labour (Co-op)Hastings and Rye

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the British Museum will retain the ticketing revenue from the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition.

Answer

Chris Bryant
The government will not be increasing grant in aid funding for the Bayeux Tapestry display at the British Museum. The British Museum will use the ticketing revenue from the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition to support the costs of putting on this major exhibitio...

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