Reading’s replica tapestry
Reading Museum contains a full-size recreation of the Bayeux Tapestry that was made by skilled embroiderers during the 1880s
Located a short walk from the town’s major railway station, Reading Museum is situated within Reading Town Hall. Containing galleries describing the history of Reading and the surrounding area, the museum has been open since 1883.
One of the museum’s most famous exhibits is an accurate replica of the Bayeux Tapestry. It was made in Staffordshire in the 1880s by 35 women of the Leek Embroidery Society and is the only known full-size