The British Museum in London is implementing measures to reduce long wait times to view the Bayeux Tapestry after visitors experienced queues so lengthy they were unable to enter before closing. The museum plans to extend its opening hours, though details haven’t been released, building on its current schedule of 10:00 to 17:00, and until 20:30 on Fridays. While awaiting the expanded hours, the museum will provide seating and clearer queueing guidance for those waiting. A spokesperson described the interest in the 70-meter long artwork depicting the Norman conquest of Engeland as “extraordinary.” The Bayeux Tapestry illustrates the Battle of Hastings in 1066, where William the Conqueror defeated King Harold, becoming the first Norman king of Engeland. A brother of William commissioned the tapestry shortly after the battle to record the events, and it has resided in the cathedral of Bayeux in Normandië for centuries, with brief loans to the Louvre in Parijs.