Blind man prompts British Museum to add Bayeux Tapestry audio tours

Summarised from 4 outlets · 6 reports · Updated 2 Oct, 12:51 · Archive

A blind man from Croydon threatened legal action after the British Museum initially failed to provide audio-described tours of the Bayeux Tapestry.

A blind man from Croydon threatened legal action against the British Museum over accessibility at its Bayeux Tapestry exhibition. He raised concerns that visually impaired visitors were not being offered adequate audio-described tours of the historic woven textile, which depicts the Norman Conquest and is on display as part of a one-year loan from France.

Following the legal threat, the British Museum announced it would introduce an audio-described tour option for visitors to the tapestry. The museum has faced unprecedented demand for the exhibition since the tapestry's arrival.

The high visitor numbers have created operational challenges. MyLondon reported that some visitors who paid £50 for tickets were abruptly turned away midway through the queue, leaving attendees frustrated by the sudden gallery closure.

How it is being reported

• British Museum announces Bayeux Tapestry change after visitor problemsMyLondon · 2 Oct, 11:46
• Blind Croydon man threatens legal action as British Museum changes tour plansCroydon Guardian · 1 Oct, 16:05
• Blind Croydon man threatens legal action as British Museum changes tour plansThis Is Local London · 1 Oct, 16:05
• ‘Beggars belief’: Bayeux Tapestry visitors 'devastated' over abrupt gallery closure after £50 ticketsMyLondon · 1 Oct, 07:56
• Tapestry tour added for blind after legal threatBBC London · 30 Sept, 17:16
• Croydon blind man threatens British Museum with legal action over Bayeux Tapestry audio toursMyLondon · 30 Sept, 16:20

In this story: Croydon · British Museum · France · Bayeux Tapestry

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