Bayeux Tapestry makes historic trip to British Museum after 900 years in France

The Bayeux Tapestry, the approximately 900-year-old medieval masterpiece, has left France for the first time and is now on display at the British Museum. French art experts had long insisted the fragile work could never travel, but political will and cutting-edge engineering made the loan possible. The loan required unorthodox diplomatic negotiations between France and the United Kingdom.