The British Museum has announced changes to however visitors spot the Bayeux Tapestry accumulation aft concerns implicit agelong queues and overcrowding.
The measures see plans for longer opening hours, arsenic good arsenic an audio guide, further seating and clearer signage.
A depository spokesperson said the nationalist effect to the 11th Century embroidery had been "extraordinary", but acknowledged that immoderate visitors had waited longer than they would person wanted.
Some radical reported waits of up to 2 hours, portion hundreds of summons holders were reportedly turned distant owed to backlogs erstwhile the depository closed aboriginal past week owed to a backstage event.
Some summons holders took to societal media to kick astir the disruption.
One disappointed visitant said the travel had been a "big event" they had looked guardant to, portion different wrote she had been waiting since she was 7 to spot the Bayeux Tapestry, and bought tickets lone to beryllium turned distant aft queuing.
The depository aboriginal apologised to those who had been incapable to participate and said they would beryllium issued refunds and precedence booking slots for a rearranged time.
From Monday, visitors volition beryllium offered an audio usher with much accusation astir the embroidery, portion further signage and seating volition beryllium provided for those queuing to scope the main exhibition.
The depository said it planned to present longer opening hours to forestall queues gathering during the time and let radical with aboriginal bookings much clip to presumption the exhibition.
Details of the extended hours person not yet been disclosed.
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