Museum Talk | The Bayeux Tapestry with Monika Lind

Monika Lind is coming to the Museum & Art Gallery on Thursday 7 January 2027 for an illustrated talk on the Bayeux Tapestry. It starts at 6:30pm and runs for 90 minutes.

Most of us know the Tapestry as one of the world's most famous medieval artworks, best known for telling the story of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 and the years leading up to it. But there's a whole other layer to it. Lind's talk looks at the mystery, symbolism and hidden meaning that sit alongside those familiar scenes. One of the strangest details is the gender split: the Tapestry depicts 626 men and only three women, whose identities and reasons for being included have kept historians guessing for centuries.

From there, the talk moves into the theories about how it was actually made—debates that have gone on for generations—and weighs them against the secret messages and symbols woven into the work. There's a particular focus on the depictions in the margins, and on the censorship by Victorian embroiderers in the late 19th century, which opened an unexpected chapter in the Tapestry's history. It's an illustrated talk, so you'll be seeing the details as she talks through them.

It's held at the Museum & Art Gallery in the Worthing Civic Quarter. Tickets start from £10.75, with a £0.75 transaction fee on top, and the guidance is for ages 16+.